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.

Resources relating to umbilical cord blood banking that have been developed by the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation can be found here click here.

The following materials, mandated by the Code of Virginia 18.2-76, are intended to assist citizens to make informed decisions:

• “Abortion-Making an Informed Decision”
• “Fetal Development-Understanding the Stages”
• “Virginia-A guide to Services for the Pregnant Woman”

Materials are available in Spanish and will be added to this webpage soon.
You can find these files and download them here if desired.

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.