Here you'll find information on some 50 programs that focus on strengthening the health of families and communities, plus risk avoidance tips and information on how certain issues affect public health.
THE MISSION of the Office of Family Health Services is to provide the leadership, expertise and resources that enable all Virginia residents to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and well-being throughout their life.
Goals
Establish the Office as a reliable resource for objective, evidence-based, relevant public health information including program outcome evaluation and health status indicators.
Enable our partners to deliver the highest quality of care, including clinical, preventive and community-based services.
Enhance the availability, affordability and acceptability of health care services.
Improve health outcomes by addressing significant causes of morbidity and mortality in Virginia.
What's New
Children's Health Information
healthyfuturesva.com is your source for up-to-date children’s health information. View videos and text about children’s health topics or explore what happens during a child’s health care visit to a medical professional.
Putting Women's Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level provides a rare state-level look at disparities among women of different races and ethnicities on a broad range of indicators of health and well-being. State-specific fact sheets and interactive maps and data tables that draw on the report findings are presented here.
Dentist Directory
This directory was compiled to identify dentists who will care for:
Children with special health care needs
Very young children
Adults with special health care needs
Finding a dentist to provide care for persons with special health needs and for very young children can be a challenge. The directory was compiled from a dentist survey by the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Dental Association in June 2008. The website will be updated regularly but you should contact the dentist directly when seeking care for your child or yourself. Click here to visit the Dental Directory site.
The US Department of Health and Human Services
The US Department of Health and Human Services has published the Community Health Status Indicators Report, which contains health indicator data on over 200 measures for every county in the United States.
