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Healthy Families provides voluntary, comprehensive home-visiting services that support at-risk expectant and new parents and help prevent poor childhood outcomes. Home visits are activity-based and focus on a variety of topics including healthy family functioning, family goal planning, maternal and child health, positive parenting strategies, child development, and school readiness. Home visitors also provide families with referrals to a wide array of community resources.

Provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers, and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships.

Provides information hotline and educational materials for the public on cleft lip/palate and other facial anomalies. Also provides referrals to doctors and local support groups.

Provides health education activities including community screenings, referral and counseling.

The health department staff provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships.

Health Education offers education information, referral, and resource assistance for a wide variety of health issues. Education materials are provided in health fairs, wellness screenings, community locations, and for groups requesting specific topics.

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Childhood Immunizations, Childhood Obesity Prevention, Maternal and Child Health, and Senior Health Education.

Offers community based group health education and blood pressure screening services.

Provides basic health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families in Southwest Virginia. Offers many services on a sliding scale to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Services include, but are not limited to, the following: primary care medical services, health education, outreach, health assessments, referrals, and case management. The MHN outreach workers identify health problems and assist farmworkers to obtain health care at one of our clinical partners centers.

Build partnerships and collaborations with local through Strategic Funding, the Community Health Needs Assessment process, and Community Partnership Committee. Provide Community Benefit Initiatives that connects community through screenings, speaking presentations, educational classes, clinical programs, support groups, and publications.

Provides free programs on a variety of health topics.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

The Community Health Education Center provide information on general health topics, cancer and women's and family health. CHEC welcomes anyone with questions on any health topic. CHEC has print books and magazines, internet access, video viewing and a children's area. CHEC has materials for all ages and all reading levels. CHEC staff can help users find need information.

Care Transitions is designed to help reduce avoidable readmissions to hospital, by empowering individuals to manage their own health. A Care Transitions Coach will work to transfer skills that will allow an individual to recognize red flags, communicate effectively with their primary care physician, identify medication errors, and keep track of important medical information, with the goal of significantly reducing the likelihood of an unnecessary return to the hospital within 30 days.

Offers an array of services for cancer patients and their families. Screenings, diagnosis, education, support groups, and resource referral are just a few ways assistance is offered for patients.

LewisGale Regional Health System offers health information, resources and experiences in five important areas identified by H2U, including: Disease prevention Healthy lifestyle Self-care Injury prevention Immunizations

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

Classes on high blood pressure, diabetes, freedom from smoking, weight control and other topics. Support groups for weight control, smokers, diabetes.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

Education services include sex education programs for youth, adults, parents, and professional development opportunities for adults who work with youth. Pro-Choice center.

Provides environmental and health services for area residents. This includes well and septic permits, food safety inspections, family planning, STD treatments, immunizations, communicable disease investigations, HIV/AIDS testing, care and supportive services, and women, infants and children (WIC) nutrition services.

HealthSpace provides Health Education, Reproductive Health Screening, Birth Control, STI Testing and Treatment, Family Planning, and Referrals.

The National Library of Medicine's research and information services support scientific discovery, health care, and public health. NLM pioneers new ways to make biomedical data and information more accessible; builds tools for better data management and personal health; and helps create a more diverse and data-skilled workforce. NLM enables researchers, clinicians, and the public to use the vast wealth of biomedical data to improve health.

Provides a voluntary, fund-raising health organization whose purpose is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke. Provides research, education and community programs on reducing heart disease and stroke.

The district is active in health education activities including community screenings, referral and counseling.