21 Academy Street | P. O. Box 220 | Fincastle, VA 24090 | Phone: (540) 473-8240 | Fax: (540) 473-8242
The Botetourt County Health Department is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Our clinic services are provided based on family income and a sliding fee scale and/or at no cost to our customers. Call for an appointment or clinic times.
Family Planning
Immunizations
Sexually Transmitted Disease/HIV
Car Seat Program
Nursing Case management
WIC/Nutrition
Environmental Health
The Botetourt County Health Department is located on Academy Street in Fincastle , Virginia. The population of Botetourt County is 31,272. Botetourt County has a land mass of 543 square miles and a population density of .6 persons per square mile. 94.9 percent of the population is white and 23.4 percent are under 18 years of age. Nine-tenths of one percent of the population was born outside the United States.
The Botetourt County Health Department, part of the Alleghany Health District, offers a variety of programs and health services to enhance the health of the county’s citizens. public health nurses, environmental health specialists and office support staff are dedicated to the mission of promoting optimum health, preventing disease and protecting the health of the community.
Clinical services include family planning services, pregnancy testing and counseling, screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, preschool physicals for eligible children and dental services. The health department also offers an extensive immunization program which includes free routine childhood immunizations, adult immunizations (including flu vaccine), overseas travel immunizations and school-based programs for Hepatitis B immunizations to fifth graders. Many of the services are offered free or fees are sliding scale according to income and family size.
In addition, the health department offers the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program, a nutrition program for eligible pregnant, post-partum and breastfeeding women and young children. In the MICC (Maternal Infant Care Coordination) program, public health nurses provide nursing case management services, including home visits and follow-up for pregnant women and children up to age 2. The health department partners with Carilion Health System and other agencies to provide comprehensive maternity care, including education and case management. The department also administers a car seat program for the Virginia Department of Health to provide education and a car seat to families who meet eligibility guidelines. Vital statistic information for births and deaths are filed through the health department.
The environmental health programs include food establishment inspections, rabies prevention, sewage and water permits and complaint investigations. Both nurses and environmental health specialists work together to investigate communicable diseases, including outbreaks. The health department staff also provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships.
Maternal and Infant Nursing Case Management
Family Planning and Pregnancy Tests
HIV testing, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Childhood Immunizations, Adult and Travel Immunizations
Car Seat Education Classes
Nursing Home Pre-Screening
TB follow-up and case management
Assists with communicable disease follow-up
Public health liaison with school nurses
WIC
CASA Immunization Assessments for Schools and Day Care Centers
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