Decades of research show that vaccines prevent disease. An overwhelming number of studies also show that they are safe and effective. But in recent years, some people have become concerned that vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they prevent.
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It’s also one reason we are seeing the return of so many preventable diseases – like measles, mumps and whooping cough.
Current immunization recommendations
Top 20 Questions and Answers About Immunizations
We also field calls about vaccines and cancer prevention – such as the HPV vaccine.
**Our Department serves as a safety net provider. This means, if you can’t get an appointment at your regular healthcare provider, health center or local pharmacy, we can serve you.
Here are 3 great resources to get you started:
Summary of Tobacco Patterns, Prevention, and Policy in Essex County, NY 2024
Healthy ADK is a project of the North Country’s Population Health Improvement Program, maintained by Adirondack Health Institute in collaboration with local agencies. Data sets include health, economy, education, environment, government, public safety, social environment & transportation.
The NYS DOH Prevention Agenda Dashboard provides state and county level data based on the state’s Prevention Agenda including indicators for disparities, healthy & safe environment, chronic diseases, communicable diseases, women, infants & children and mental, emotional & behavioral health.
County Health Rankings is a resource allowing for health outcomes and factors reports for counties across the United States. It helps viewers understand how health is influenced by where we live, work, play and work.
For assistance using these sites or to request data, please contact Essex County Health Department at (518) 873-3500.
This Department, in collaboration with local hospitals and as part of a regional Community Health Assessment & Planning Committee, has been actively engaged in data collection and analysis during the 2022 year.
Data collection includes hundreds of indicators from numerous local, state and national data sources and looks at qualitative and quantitative data.
This Department, in collaboration with local hospitals and as part of a regional Community Health Assessment & Planning Committee, has been actively engaged in data collection and analysis during the 2022 year.
Data collection includes hundreds of indicators from numerous local, state and national data sources and looks at qualitative and quantitative data.
The purpose of the Community Health Assessment (CHA) 2019 and Community Health Improvement/Service Plan (CHISP) 2019-2021 is to demonstrate an ongoing understanding of the significant health needs of Essex County residents and actions necessary to address these needs.
Significant attention was given to creating a report that is not only informative to the lead agencies engaged in the assessment, but one that is useful to a wide variety of individuals, groups, and organizations. This is because in order to improve the health of communities, the whole community must engaged.
This report continues a long history of data gathering and analysis from a variety of sources including local, regional, state and national entities. It includes primary and secondary data; as well as quantitative and qualitative data.
Several components of this assessment are improvements from previous assessments. The enhancements include:
- Integration of input from local residents and community stakeholders;
- Consideration of health by sub-population;
- Identification of disparities in health by sub-population;
- Examination of local social determinants of health; and
- Identification of community assets that can be mobilized to improve the health of our community.
Additionally, higher levels of engagement were achieved through intervention planning efforts from previous assessments. This includes:
- Convening work groups to review health outcomes and contributing factors
- Engaging partners to evaluate contributing factors to determine true root cause(s) that lead to poor health outcomes and disparate health indicators in certain communities, groups, locations;
- Working to examine the existing assets/programs/initiatives; and
- Collectively selecting the strategies that are most likely to result in measurable health gains; address the disparities identified; and be implemented successfully among partners.
We encourage residents, community leaders, organizational executives, and everyone interested to read this report about resident health including the community plan for addressing priority health needs.
Because of the size of this report, contents for web display are broken into Parts as downloadable below. Appendices are also available as downloadable documents; below.
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Cover-ContentsDownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Executive SummaryDownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Part I IntroductionDownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Part II CHADownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Part III CHISPDownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Part IV Dissemination PlanDownload
ESSEX_CHA_CHISP_Part V Appendices ListDownload
Appendix 1 ARHN Stakeholder Survey ReportDownload
Appendix 2 ARHN Essex County Health Indicators Data SheetsDownload
Appendix 3 ARHN Community Profile Data SheetsDownload
Appendix 4- Collaborative Committees ListDownload
Appendix 5 Distributed Focus Group Analysis ReportDownload
Appendix 6 Community Survey Analysis ReportDownload
Appendix 7 Stakeholder Survey Analysis ReportDownload
Appendix 8 Master Source ListDownload
Appendix 9 Prioritization MatrixDownload
Appendix 10 CHISP Work Plan.pdf(small)Download
Essex_Combined_CHIP CSP Progress Report 2018 FinalDownload
Essex_Combined_CHIP CSP Progress Report 2017
CHA-CHIP-CSP-2016-ExecutiveSummary
Community Health Assessment 2016; Improvement & Service Plan 2016-2018
Appendix-A-DataConsultants-Sources-Methodology
Appendix-B-QualitativeData-StakeholdersSummary
Appendix-C-ARHN-CHA-Committee-Members-And-Meetings-Dates
Appendix-D-NYSDOH-Prevention-Agenda
Appendix-E-PrioritizationTool-Final-Essex-2016
Appendix-F-CSP-CHIP-Update-Summaries
Appendix-G-LocalCommunityServicePlan-Essex-2017
Appendix-I-Educational-System-Profile
Community Health Improvement Plan, 2014-2017 – Essex County CHIP 2013 Final.
More information can be found by visiting the CDC website
COVID-19 Vaccine
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Flu Central
Flu Vax
School Vaccination Requirements – NYSDOH Site Including Frequently Asked Questions
NYS Immunization Requirements for School Attendance Printable
A message from NYSDOH Health Commissioner Dr. McDonald on Immunizations
Attend School Immunizations
Our Nurses hold vaccine clinics at Essex County Schools & At the Health Department!
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We can bill:
Public Insurance: Medicaid, Medicare Part B, Child Health Plus, Fidelis Managed Care.
Private Insurance: Excellus or CDPHP.
Present your card at your appointment to receive services at no charge. If you are not covered by these health insurances we will provide you a receipt for service that you may submit to your insurance company to seek reimbursement.
This Department charges an at-cost rate plus administration fee —our rate/fees are adjusted down using a sliding fee scale based on household income.
COVID-19 – $128 per dose + $25 admin fee = $153.00
Flu vaccine – $18 per dose + $25 admin fee = $43.00
Flu vaccine high dose – $64 per dose + $25 admin fee = $89.00
We can now accept payment with GovPayNet – so you can swipe your debit or credit card here at our office or pay online.
Before you pay with GovPayNet we advise you to read the GovPayNet Fee Schedule and GovPayNet Terms of Service.
Please call our office at 518-873-3500 if you have questions about immunizations, fees or payment.
Traveler’s Clinics
Mountain Medical Urgent Care Services call 518-523-7575 or 518-897-1000
Plattsburgh Industrial Med. Testing call 518-562-2009
St. Lawrence County Department of Health Department call 315-386-2325
Warren County Public Health call 518-761-6580
In Vermont, UVM Travel Clinic call 802-847-1045
As a local health department we must:
- ensure compliance with all immunization statutes and regulations;
- assist with and follow-up on school immunization surveys;
- provide education regarding the risks and benefits of immunizations for consumers;
- conduct quality assurance activities with community health care providers including immunization practices, proper vaccine storage and handling, and compliance with immunization reporting requirements;
- ensure proper stewardship of immunization resources and serve as a safety-net immunization provider; and
- apply cost-based charges and make reasonable attempts to bill and collect fees for immunization services.