Health Department

The Mathews County Health Department offers valuable services in the area of Health Care, Family Planning, Environmental Health as well as other services.

The Health Department is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Arrangements can be made for evening and weekend screenings and special health events in all localities.
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Health Care Services:  (* = sliding fee scale based on income) 
    • Pregnancy Testing - counseling, referral 
    • Family planning (by appointment) 
    • Immunization (required for school, free; others, minimal charge). Each of our 10
        HDs offers immunizations by appointment. 
    • STD counseling, screening, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and followup. 
    • HIV/AIDS testing, prevention education, case management, and Primary Care (in
        collaboration with Eastern Virginia Medical School) 
    • TB screening, testing & follow-up services 
    • Communicable Disease outbreak investigation, treatment, referrals, prevention of
         further outbreaks. 
    • Rabies titers and pre-exposure vaccinations, post-exposure followup. 
    • Health promotion consultation and programs 
    • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition services. 
    • Breast/cervical cancer education and detection. 
    • Cardiovascular Risk Reduction - targeted screening and counseling, and referral 
    • Preconceptual health

Family planning clinic sessions are concurrent in hours per month: 
       • Mathews, 2 clinics/month 

Other Health Services:
    • Lead screening - testing, referral, followup (Environmental Health Specialist assists 
        with abatement) 
    • Pre-admission nursing home screenings 
    • School based preventive (dental sealant) program in King & Queen, Lancaster,
        Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland schools depending on availability of
        local funding. 
    • Children's Dental Clinic in Richmond County 
    • Resource Mothers (pregnant teens and their children to age 2) 
    • Sickle Cell and other genetic disease counseling 
    • Infant Safety Seat Program (car seats) 
    • Family Assessment and Planning Teams 
    • Community Health Education (schools, senior centers, service groups, etc.) 
    • School Programs - family life education, general health, personal hygiene, and
        nutrition education 
    • Head Start physicals (preschool indigent children) 
    • Preschool physicals (indigent 4-5 years old) 
    • EPSDT (Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment) in conjunction with
        preschool physicals 
    • Children With Special Care Needs (CSHCN) 
    • Mobilizing for Actions Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
            Local Public Health System Assessment 
                Essex and Northern Neck 
                Middle Penninsula 
    • Community Arthritis Program, Chronic Disease Self-Management Course 

Environmental Health Services:  (fixed fee for some) 
    • On-site sewage disposal permits 
    • Well permits 
    • Restaurant/food service permits and inspection 
    • Food service sanitation training (with Extension Service) 
    • Marina inspection 
    • Swimming pool and tourist establishment inspection 
    • Complaint investigation 
    • Rabies investigation
        *Animal Bite Investigations and follow up 
    • Restaurant Inspections