SDFHC Presents Special Programs for Women's Health

Santa Clarita, Calif., May 5, 2008 – National Women’s Health Week is May 11-17, and Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc. (SDFHC) reminds the community that we offer targeted women's health care services, including a strong family planning program for women in their child-bearing years as well as a breast cancer detection program.

SDFHC offers a range of services for all patients and some specifically for women, including comprehensive women’s health care, family planning, gynecological exams, and prenatal and postpartum care. Also, SDFHC follows the chronic care management philosophy, which encourages patients to play a central role in managing their health. Chronic care management is used in the care and treatment of illnesses such as diabetes in order to help patients set reachable goals and manage their health.

Each year, SDFHC also works in partnership with Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley to sponsor Healthy Woman’s Day, during which uninsured and underinsured women are screened for breast cancer as part of a prevention and early detection effort.
National Women’s Health Week, and National Women’s Check-up Day on May 12, are sponsored by the Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (www.womenshealth.gov/whw)

SDFHC operates three health centers in the Santa Clarita Valley—Canyon Country Health Center, Val Verde Health Center and Newhall Health Center—as well as outreach sites at College of the Canyons and California Institute of the Arts. SDFHC offers a full range of health care services—physicals, immunizations and vaccines, screenings and diagnostic tests, well baby care, and family planning—to those who may not seek health care elsewhere. Patients pay based on their income. This past year, SDFHC provided service for 8,000 patient visits.

 

SDFHC was established in 1980 and named for long-time Val Verde resident and minister, the late Reverend Samuel Dixon. A not-for-profit community health center, SDFHC serves the greater Santa Clarita Valley, and is governed by a twenty-member board of directors, all of whom are Santa Clarita residents. The mission of SDFHC is to enhance wellness by providing quality primary health care services and health education to unserved and underserved residents, with a special emphasis on serving the uninsured. Easily accessible services are available for the entire family in both English and Spanish. Medi-Cal, Blue Cross and Healthy Families are all accepted, and a sliding fee scale is offered, keeping health care affordable for all. Services are available at the Val Verde Health Center (661-257-4008), the Canyon Country Health Center (661-424-1220) and the Newhall Health Center (661-291-1777).

SDFHC receives United Way funding and is supported by countless individuals as well as corporate sponsors who help make affordable health care possible. Tax-deductible contributions are welcome.