Health Department
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The Hoke County Health Center was first established on April 6, 1925. Its location was the Raeford Court House. On January 12, 1931, Dr. R.L. Murray was elected as Health Officer and the only public health service was communicable disease and animal control. The old site at 429 East Central Avenue was dedicated on Sunday, May 19, 1957 with Dr. J.W. Wilcox as the Health Officer. The Hoke County Health Department has been providing Hoke County’ residents with a variety of public health care programs and services for their health care needs since 1950.
Early 2004, the Hoke County Board of Commissioners and the Hoke County Board of Health were instrumental in securing resources needed for the new health center. Funding for construction was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The ground breaking ceremony for the new site was held on Thursday, August 26, 2004. In the Spring of 2005, the construction began on the new health center. This beautiful 19,535 square foot building was designed and built to provide health care services to individuals, families and disseminate health education services throughout the community. Our new location at 683 East Palmer Road is just outside of the primary business district of downtown Raeford. The doors of this beautiful facility, was opened for business on Monday, February 6, 2006.
The mission of the Hoke County Health Center is to provide comprehensive public health services that focus on access to preventive health care and community health education outreach. These services are designed to improve quality of life through encouraging health and well-being in an effort to prevent premature death and disability among our citizens who live and work in our community. Our services have broadened throughout the years. However, one thing has remained the same; our staffs’ dedication, service and commitment to provide our citizens with the best possible care.
The Hoke County Health Center’s staff consists of about 30-40 employees who work with local, regional and state health care professionals to provide an array of services annually. In addition to medical services including, primary care and health education outreach to citizens throughout the county.
Helene Edwards – Health Director
Sandy McIntyre – Administrative Officer
Ellen Chavis – Interim Nursing Supervisor
Jeff Eudy – Environmental Health Supervisor
Board of Health Members:
- Mr. Mark Posey, Chairman
- Ms. Brenda Woriax, Vice- Chairman
- Dr. Mark Griffies
- Mr. Vance McGougan
- Mr. Kenneth Booker
- Mrs. Joanne Carl-Lee
- Dr. Charles Allen, Pharm.D.
- Mr. Bobby Wright
- Mrs. Susanne Balfour
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Ms. Patricia Crowder – Public Member
- Mr. Joseph Alston – Public Member
Hoke County Board of Health meetings and hearings are held every other month on the second Monday at 7:00 PM at the Hoke County Health Department unless otherwise posted.
Services Provided:
Urgent Care: Provides cancer, cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar screenings, immunizations as well as physicals for adult males and non-childbearing females. For more information, call (910) 875-3717
Child Health: A full time Pediatrician is on staff to provide well checks-ups and immunizations for children from birth to 21 years of age. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2170
Maternity Health: Provides New Obstetrical and Third Trimester Pregnancy Education as well as complete prenatal care through Cape Fear Valley Medical Center/ Duke OBGYN. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2169
Family Planning: Provides annual physicals, birth control methods, family planning counseling and education for all childbearing adult women and teens. Family Planning Medicaid Waver available. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2177
Communicable Disease: Provides testing, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD’s), HIV/AIDS testing and other communicable diseases. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2173
Care Coordination For Children (CC4C): If you have children from birth to age five, you may qualify for the program. We can help with finding medical care or child care. CC4C also provides grief/SIDS counseling and support for families with children 0-1 years of age. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2144.
Pregnancy Care Management (PCM): This program is a free service designed to support families. We can help with finding medical care, child care and more. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2143
Office of Health Promotion: Are provided through our Health Educators’ who offer schools, community groups and individuals’ supportive information about lifestyle changes to enhance or maintain their well being. The Health Promotion Office also, oversees the coordination of the Healthy Hoke Task Force Coalition. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2104/2106
Programs/ Scheduled Events – Click HERE to View
Women-Infants-and-Children (WIC) -Provides supplemental food and nutrition education to women and children ages 0 to 5 years old.
WIC Department – Click HERE to View
(Medicaid) and N. C. Health Choice-Are publicly funded children’s health insurance programs open to North Carolina residents who meet income, age and immigration guidelines. In North Carolina, these programs are marketed together since the application process is the same and children who may be ineligible for one program may be eligible for the other. Please click here for more information.
Environmental Health: Provides inspections of water, on-site sewage, and restaurants.
Environmental Health Office – Click HERE to View
Office of Disaster Preparedness & Response: The Ready North Carolina campaign provides Hoke County residents with the information they need to prepare for all types of emergencies. For more information, call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2167 or click HERE.
Vital Records: Birth and Death Certificates are processed and stored for two years. For more information call (910) 875-3717 Ext: 2192
Hoke County Health Assessment: This document is part of an effort to identify the major health concerns of Hoke County through the collection of both qualitative and quantitative data. This document is a state mandated assessment that is performed every four years primarily conducted by the local health department and its collaborative partners.
2009 Health Report – Click HERE to View
Services and Fees
- Most services are based on a sliding scale fee.
- Walk-ins or sick call patients are welcome, call (910) 875-3717
- Spanish Interpreters are available for Spanish speaking patrons.
Hours of Operation
The Hoke County Health Department is located at 683 E. Palmer Rd, Raeford, NC 28376. The Department is open from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday; walk-ins’ are welcome. For more information or to make an appointment call (910) 875-3717.
Services are available to all Hoke County residents.
