Children's Special Health Services
The Children's Special Health Services (CSHS) Division is located
within the Special Populations Section in the North Dakota
Department of Health (DoH). The purpose of CSHS is to provide
services for children with special health care needs and their
families and promote family-centered, community-based, coordinated
services and systems of health care.
Health
Equity Office
The Health Equity Office works to
address inequalities in health status, utilization or access due to
structural, financial, personal or cultural barriers. Population
categories affected include, but are not limited to, those
identified by gender, gender identity, age, race or ethnicity,
education or income, disability, geographic location, or sexual
orientation.
Primary Care Office
The Primary Care Office (PCO) provides
help to rural North Dakota communities in creating a planning
process that involves Department of Health programs, community
leaders, other state agencies, health care providers, state health
associations and private consultants. This planning process is
focused on the development of a sustainable and high quality local
health care system. The PCO participates in assessment of community
needs and resources; provides claims-based utilization and market
share data, demographic data and analysis; and coordinates the
provision of information concerning options for modifying or
restructuring local health care delivery systems to better serve the
public.
