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Cherokee County Health Department presents TWO
BACK-TO-SCHOOL HEALTH CLINICS!
School will be back in session before you know it! Is your child ready? The Cherokee County Health Department will conduct TWO Back-to-School Health Clinics in July. Join us for a clinic at one of the county public health centers in either Canton on Tuesday, July 21st from 2 to 6 p.m. or in Woodstock on Tuesday, July 28th from 2 to 6 p.m. At the Back-to-School Health Clinics, the required Hearing, Dental, Vision and BMI/Nutrition Screenings will be available: Total cost for screenings is forty dollars. Also, immunizations will be provided for school-age children (there is a charge for vaccines). Medicaid and some other forms of insurance are accepted. The health department center in Canton is 1219 Univeter Road, and the Woodstock public health center is at 7545 North Main Street. For more information, please call (770) 345-7371 in Canton or (770) 928-0133 in Woodstock.
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Seventh graders are now required to have the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) and meningococcal (meningitis) vaccines prior to entering school.
Children born on or after January 1, 2002 who are attending seventh grade and new entrants into Georgia schools in grades 8 through 12 must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal vaccine. ("New entrant" means any child entering any school in Georgia for the first time or entering after having been absent from a Georgia school for more than 12 months or one school year).
For more information about this and all school required immunizations, go to the Georgia Department of Public Health website.
Shots are available at each of our health departments in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield Counties. Click above on the LOCATIONS tab to find health department contact and location information for each county.
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- Written by Jennifer King based on information from the CDC
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