{"id":2,"date":"2024-06-25T20:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/population-health-data\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:37:21","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/population-health-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Population Health Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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      The Division of Population Health Data (DPHD)<\/strong> is one of five divisions\/centers in the Office of Family Health Services. Our division provides epidemiology<\/em> and <\/span>evaluation<\/span> support to programs<\/em> across the office, including maternal and child health, chronic disease prevention, and community nutrition. <\/span><\/p>\n

      Staff <\/span><\/span>serve as technical experts in collecting information about diseases that <\/span>aren't<\/span> contagious. They study the information and work to understand it<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

      The mission of DPHD is to collect information and data to monitor conditions that aren't contagious and are important to public health. The information and data collected also assists with improving programs and making recommendations related to policies.<\/p>\n

      S<\/span>taff s<\/span>upport is also provided to State and Community Health Assessments and Improvement Plans.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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      epidemiology<\/strong>\u00a0{ep\u00b4\u00ef-de\u00b4me-ol\u00b4o-je} 1. the study of the relationships of the various factors determining the frequency and distribution of diseases in human communities. 2. the field of medicine concerned with the determination of the specific causes of localized outbreaks of infection, such as hepatitis, of toxic disorders, such as lead poisoning, or any other disease of recognized etiology. -- Dorland\u2019s Medical Dictionary<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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      Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0studies health conditions and factors that may affect mothers, children, and families.<\/p>\n

      Prevention and Health Promotion Epidemiology<\/a>:<\/strong> studies chronic disease, tobacco use, injury and violence, as well as substance use and drug overdose.<\/p>\n

      Community Health Improvement Epidemiology<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0supports local health districts in their population health work and implements population health surveys.<\/p>\n

      Virginia Cancer Registry<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0statewide registry of data on individuals diagnosed or treated in Virginia or Virginia residents who received cancer care out of state.<\/p>\n

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      Dane De Silva, PhD, MPH
      \n<\/strong>Director, Division of Population Health Data<\/span>
      \n<\/span>Virginia Department of Health<\/span>
      \n<\/span>109 Governor Street<\/span>
      \n<\/span>Richmond, VA 23219<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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