{"id":23,"date":"2016-11-22T20:51:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/western-tidewater\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:19:05","slug":"community-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/western-tidewater\/community-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Health Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Diabetes Education Program<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you live in Franklin, Southampton County or Suffolk and need help with managing your diabetes call 757-562-2169 for an appointment today.\u00a0 We offer free education on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diabetic screening<\/li>\n<li>Medications, including insulin<\/li>\n<li>Diabetic complications<\/li>\n<li>Dietary counseling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Medication Assistance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you cannot afford your prescription medication or nutritional supplement, help may be available pending eligibility:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be a resident of Franklin or Southampton County OR have a doctor in Franklin or Southampton County<\/li>\n<li>You do not have prescription drug insurance or are paying high co-pays<\/li>\n<li>You have Medicare part D and are paying full price or high co-pays for your medications<\/li>\n<li>Income-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Call 757-562-2487 to see if you qualify for assistance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nurse-Family Partnership<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based community health program that helps transform the lives of vulnerable mothers pregnant who are 28 weeks pregnant or less with their first child. The program is a voluntary prevention program that provides registered nurse home visitation services to low-income, first-time mothers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact us to learn more<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Connect with your personal registered nurse at (757) 514-4730<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Call or text (757) 650-9451<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Email NFP Nurse Supervisor Kimberly Martino, RN at: <a href=\"mailto:kimberly.martino@vdh.virginia.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kimberly.martino@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Safety Seat Program<\/h2>\n<p>The Safety Seat Program is a statewide child safety seat distribution and education program and is offered free of charge to eligible families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/western-tidewater\/nurse-family-partnership\/child-safety-seat\/\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Communicable Disease<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Services are provided to all for the purpose of prevention, detection, and follow-up of contagious diseases.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Health Education\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The district is active in health education activities including community screenings, referral and counseling.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Information<\/h2>\n<p>For available services or other information, please call your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/western-tidewater\/locations\/\">local health department<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes Education Program If you live in Franklin, Southampton County or Suffolk and need help with managing your diabetes call 757-562-2169 for an appointment today.\u00a0 We offer free education on: Diabetic screening Medications, including insulin Diabetic complications Dietary counseling Medication Assistance If you cannot afford your prescription medication or nutritional supplement, help may be available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":654,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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