Graham County Health Department - (828) 479-7900

The Graham County Department of Public Health provides compassionate, individualized, quality health care by a caring, professional staff, specifically trained to meet the needs of all our citizens and community.

Public Health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities. Public Health is a network of individuals working together to improve the lives and health of all citizens through healthy lifestyles, education, prevention and treatment of disease and research.

Public health evokes different images for different people, and, even to the same people, it can mean different things in different contexts. Public health saves lives, jobs, and contributes to the local economy. Prevention is the basis for the 10 essential services for public health. Healthy active children learn and achieve better while a healthy society is a working society. Each of these statements leads us to the understanding of the North Carolina public health phrase: Everyday, Everybody, Everywhere. This emphasizes the fact that everyone is affected by public health on a daily basis.

The Graham County Health Department was established in 1936. On October 8, 2007, a new facility was opened at 21 South Main Street and the Health Department became the Graham County Department of Public Health. The primary goal of the Public Health Department is to provide preventive health programs, services and leadership which will encourage and promote personal, environmental, and community health. The staff is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals offering a variety of services.

The Public Health Department operates under the direction of the Graham County Board of Health and the Health Director. It is also affiliated with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, from which it receives technical assistance, guidance and financial support.

The financial budget is authorized by the Board of Health and approved by the Graham County Board of Commissioners and includes funding from Federal, State, Local, Private Fees and Grants. The budget is approved annually and has a fiscal year of July 1 to June 30.

Contact Us:

Graham County Department of Public Health
21 South Main Street (A)
Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 828-479-7900
Fax: 828-479-6956

Environmental Health
21 South Main Street (A)
Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 828-479-6232
Fax: 828-479-6956

Dental Office
21 South Main Street (A)
Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 828-479-7901
Fax: 828-479-7902

Robbinsville School Based Health Center
301B Sweetwater Road (B)
Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 828-479-9395
Fax: 828-479-4255

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