WV Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Contains recent State Plan Amendments submitted to the Health Care
Financing Administration.
Women Infants and Childrens Program (WIC)
WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children.
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electronic delivery of Food Stamp and WV WORKS monthly cash assistance to
those families receiving these benefits.
HealthCheck - WV's E.P.S.D.T. Program
HealthCheck is the name of West Virginia's Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis and Treatment Program (E.P.S.D.T.).
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Infectious Medical Waste Program
To provide effective controls for the management of infectious medical waste
and to insure the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, and the
environment.
Medicaid Managed Care
Initiated a risk-based managed care program for certain groups of
Medicaid recipients in September 1996.
Injury
Prevention
The goal of the Injury Prevention Program is to reduce the incidence of all
injuries but especially fatal or debilitating ones.
Osteoporosis
The Osteoporosis Programs goal is to inform the public about the disease and
thereby reduce the incidence, severity, or complications of the disease.
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Immunization Program
To prevent and control vaccine-preventable diseases among children,
adolescents and adults of West Virginia.
Health Promotion Specialist Network
A statewide network of West Virginia Health Promotion Specialists working to
promote health among West Virginia communities.
WV AIDS Program
The West Virginia AIDS Program accomplishes its goals through a wide variety
of surveillance and prevention activities.
WV Division of Tobacco Prevention
Despite the fact that the consequences of tobacco use are well-known to West
Virginians, residents continue to use tobacco in alarming numbers. Tobacco
use is the number one preventable cause of premature death and disease. West
Virginia is aggressively addressing this problem by implementing
evidence-based comprehensive tobacco control programs.
WV Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program
The West Virginia Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program assesses rates of
infectious diseases through surveillance and develops strategies for disease
prevention and control which are implemented in collaboration with local
health departments. Also conducts outbreak investigations in collaboration
with local health departments.
Health Statistics Center
The HSC has two main functions. The first is to be the state’s official
repository of birth, death, marriage, and divorce records ("Vital Records").
Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 will undertake another decade-long effort toward
continuing to improve the health and lifestyles of Americans.
WV Family Planning Program
In 1970, Congress enacted Title X (ten) of the Public Health Service Act, the
only federal program - then and now - devoted solely to the nation-wide
provision of family planning services.
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