Family Planning
Family planning and related preventive health services are available at the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County. Family planning services are provided on a voluntary basis in a confidential manner.
Services include pregnancy tests, education, and community resources. This helps families and individuals plan family size as a way to improve the health of their families. Our staff offers information on abstinence and natural family planning methods.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Florida’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is a federally-funded program administered by the Florida Department of Health with 16 lead county health department regional coordinators that manage service provision across the state (Brevard, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Hillsborough, Jackson, Leon, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Putnam, Seminole, and Volusia counties).
Services include:
- Breast and cervical cancer screening exams (clinical breast exams, mammograms, and Pap tests) to approximately 5 percent of the at need population as funding allows.
- Diagnostic funds are reserved for women screened through the program.
- Care coordination to all clients with abnormal exams.
- Women screened through the program and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer are referred to the Florida Medicaid Program for eligibility determination.
Paid breast and cervical cancer treatment through Medicaid for eligible women screened through the program .