DDPHE’s public health nursing work empowers people to live better, longer by preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and assisting in the recovery from environmental and public health emergencies, disasters, and events that pose a threat to the health and safety of Denver communities. Grown from Denver’s COVID-19 pandemic response, our public health nurses reach beyond clinic walls to deploy nursing and immunization support to reduce barriers to the health and well-being of people and communities.
Services
DDPHE offers free vaccines for qualifying individuals through Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
DDPHE provides same-day STI testing and treatment for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis. We also offer rapid point of care testing for HIV and linkage to care for all sexual health concerns.
We offer broader public health nursing operations, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics, health screenings, outbreak management, post-exposure prophylaxis for people with high-risk exposures to a communicable illness and vaccinations to the broader at-risk population.
Vaccines are safe and effective. Currently, the United States has the safest, most effective vaccine supply in its history. A long-standing vaccine safety system ensures that vaccines are as safe as possible. Vaccines and timely immunization are important for both children and adults and part of keeping our community safe and healthy. Learn more about recommended vaccines on the DDPHE immunization webpage.
Find a Vaccine
Vaccines protect you and your loved ones from serious diseases like measles, polio, flu, COVID-19, and more. If you have a primary care provider and insurance, including Medicaid, Medicare, or CHP+, ask if they provide routine vaccines. Learn more about recommended vaccines on the DDPHE immunization webpage under the “Find A Vaccine” section.
If you have additional questions for our public health nursing team or would like to request immunization, STI testing, or public health screening activities at an event, please contact them at ddphepubhealthnurse@denvergov.org.
Request a Clinic
If you would like to request a vaccine or STI clinic in your community, please fill out the form and one of our public health nurses will contact you.
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