SAMUEL DIXON FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC

The mission of Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, Inc. (SDFHC), as a full-service health safety-net provider, is to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive, affordable and accessible primary care services to all residents of the Santa Clarita Valley and other underserved areas, with a special emphasis on serving the uninsured and underinsured of our community. Our philosophy is to empower patients to manage their health and healthcare by employing a self-management patient care model in which patients take a central role in managing their health. Our healthcare programs include assessment, goal-setting, action planning, problem-solving, and follow-up in order to ensure patients stay healthy. Our health care providers are there through the whole process, offering guidance and support to help patients reach their health goals. A patient will never be turned away due to an inability to pay for services. All fees are on a sliding fee scale and based on the patient’s income level so that services can be accessed by all. SDFHC strives to improve healthcare for those who are underserved in the Santa Clarita community by offering the following services: minor illness and injury treatment, chronic disease management, physical exams, family medicine, women and men’s health, prenatal and well baby care, immunizations, and health education. There are many programs offered to aid in the healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured such as: Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment (Fam PACT) to provide women and men a means by which they decide for themselves the number, timing, and spacing of their children; Every Women Counts (EWC) which provides free clinical breast exams, mammograms, pelvic exams, and Pap tests to California’s underserved women; and the Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) preventive program that delivers periodic health assessments and services to low income children and youth in California.