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CHA
FAMILY PLANNING
Family
Planning services are available through CHA's network of primary
care and women's health sites, including locations at CHA's Cambridge
and Somerville hospital campuses and in the community at numerous
community health centers in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's
Metro-North communities. You do not need to be a CHA patient to
access Family Planning services at CHA sites.
Family
planning services include access to the following medical services:
- Primary
care and gynecology services
- Birth
control methods
- Emergency
contraception
- Infertility
information and initial treatment
- Sterilization
information and referral for treatment
- Screening
and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
- HIV
antibody counseling and testing
Counseling/Educational
Services:
- Education
in reproductive anatomy and physiology (how your body works)
- Education
on the pelvic exam including the pap smear
- Self
breast exam instruction
- A
complete discussion of all birth control methods: what they are,
how they work, their effectiveness, the advantages and disadvantages
of each, and the health risks of each
- Emergency
contraception information
- Prevention
and risk reduction information for sexually transmitted infections
including HIV/AIDS
- How
to talk with your partner about using condoms
- Pregnancy
testing and counseling services with referrals to prenatal care,
adoption services, or pregnancy termination services, as the client
requests
- Information
about immunizations
The
program also provides referrals to:
- Smoking
cessation programs
- Substance
abuse and treatment programs
- Social
services
- Victims
of domestic violence programs
- Puberty
education for parents and children
Services
are provided in the following languages:
English,
Haitian Kreyol, Portuguese, and Spanish. All other languages are
served through medical interpreters.
Community
Health Education Programs:
Educational
programs are provided in public schools, religious programs, community
agencies, alternative education and GED programs, after-school programs,
detox and substance treatment programs in the Somerville area.
Single
or multi-session workshops are available for parents, youth, women,
and men on such topics as:
- Abstinence
- Acquaintance
violence
- Acquaintance
rape
- Birth
Control
- Building
Self-esteem
- Decision
making
- Homophobia
- HIV/AIDS
- Puberty
- Reproductive
anatomy and physiology
- Sexual
harassment
- Sexuality
- Sexually
Transmitted Infections
- Talking
with your child about sexuality
- Talking
with your child about HIV/AIDS
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Contact
Info:
Diane
H. Baker, MPH, Director
125 Lowell St., #602
Somerville, MA 02143
617-591-6735
dbaker@challiance.org
Providers
and Locations:
Services
are provided by family planning counselors from Cambridge Economic
Opportunity Committee (CEOC) Cambridge Family Planning Program or
by health counselors from CHA's Family Planning Program. Services
are provided at low or no-cost to patients that qualify.
CEOC
Cambridge Family Planning Program locations:
East
Cambridge Health Center
163 Gore Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-575-5520
Windsor
Street Health Center
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-665-3600
Women's
Health Center CHA Cambridge Campus
1493 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-665-2800
Teen
Health Center at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-665-1548
Union
Square Family Health
337 Somerville Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143
617-665-3370
CHA
Family Planning Program locations:
Somerville
Primary Care
26 Central Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-591-6300
East
Somerville Health Center
42 Cross Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-776-6120
Broadway
Health Center
300 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145
617-284-7000
(Somerville Adult Medicine)
Teen
Connection
Somerville High School
81 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143
617-575-5690
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