The Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) delivers health check-ups to infants, children and youth and provides care coordination to assist families with medical appointment scheduling, transportation, and access to diagnostic and treatment services

Children eligible for CHDP services are both:

• Children, birth through 18 years, from low to moderate-income families, and
• Medi-Cal eligible children, birth through 20 years of age

Health check-ups are needed on a regular basis throughout the child's life. Babies and toddlers need health check-ups often, every few months; they can get their shots during these exams. School age children need a check-up to enter kindergarten and every couple years; these exams may find health problems that could prevent a child from doing well in school. Teenagers and young adults need health check-ups too. They may have questions about their health that they can ask a health care provider. Health exams are often required when children play sports or go to summer camp and CHDP exams can be given every year to meet these requirements. View the CHDP Brochure on Medical and Dental Health Check Ups.

A CHDP exam should include:

• Growth and Developmental Check
• All Needed Shots
• Dental Screening and referral to the Dentist starting at 1 year
• Vision Screening
• Hearing Screening
• Nutrition Check-up and referral to WIC for children under 5 years
• Health Education
• Tobacco Education
• Test for Anemia, Blood Lead, Urine, TB and Others as Needed

Getting complete health check-ups for children is important because these exams may prevent serious health conditions and disabilities by finding medical, dental and/or mental health problems early. Referrals are made for any health or dental conditions identified during the exam. A CHDP program nurse provides follow-up and assistance to families for diagnosis and treatment of problems that are found.

CHDP check-ups are available from many CHDP enrolled health care providers in Mendocino County. They include:

• Family practice doctors
• Pediatricians
• Community Health Clinics
• Indian Health Clinics

The CHDP Program has a list of providers in all areas of the county. Call 472-2702 for a list or other information.

Contact Us

Address:1120 South Dora Street, Ukiah
Phone: (707) 472-2702

Links

• Medical and Dental Health Check Ups Brochure
• California Department of Health Care Services CHDP website
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch

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