Regional Offices & Health Units | Louisiana Department of Health Community Health & Wellness Regional Offices & Health Units Regional Offices & Health Units Serving across our state. In nine regions of Louisiana, the Office of Public Health serves as a multi-faceted healthcare provider and provides public health leadership to local communities. The team in each region includes doctors, nurses, other clinicians, engineers, chemists, biologists, emergency response experts, sanitarians and other qualified professionals who help keep communities healthy and safe. In each region, OPH operates parish health units (PHUs) that serve as the hub for each parish's public health needs. Services offered in parish health units range from immunizations to reproductive healthcare, to infectious disease prevention and response, to STI services and WIC (Woman, Infants, Children). Click on your region to locate your nearest parish health unit. Find a Parish Health Unit Region Serving: Jefferson, St. Bernard, Orleans, Plaquemines parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Assumption, LaFourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, Terrebonne parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Landry, Vermilion parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, Winn parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Desoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll parishes. View Region details Region Serving: Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Washington parishes. View Region details Community Healthways Community HealthWays seeks to improve the quality of life for Louisiana residents by helping to address individuals' health-related social needs (HRSN) and the community factors that drive them. Community HealthWays starts with a Community Health Worker who is a trusted member of, and/or has an unusually close understanding, of the community served and resources available. The Community Health Worker assists individuals in addressing social problems that lead to poor health with increased attention on food insecurity, housing, transportation, utilities assistance, furthering education, mental health connections and education related to chronic conditions. Click here to learn more about Community Healthways. Surgeon General Evelyn Griffin, MD Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein Cicero Government