Three Rivers Health District

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Locations

All local health departments are 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.

• King and Queen, 2 clinics/month
• King William, 2 clinics/month
• Lancaster, 2 clinics/month
• Mathews, 2 clinics/month
• Middlesex, 2 clinics/month
• Northumberland, 2 clinics/month
• Essex, 2 clinics/month
• Gloucester, 4 clinics/month
• Richmond County, 2 clinics/month
• Westmoreland, 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)
• 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
• Restaurant Inspections

Other Information:
Dr. Thomas Irungu, District Director

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