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Mailman School of Public Health Heilbrunn Center for Population and Family Health

• Adult Parent Education Program (A.P.E.P.)
  
  Aurea Martinez,
  Coordinator
  
  Mailman School of Public Health
  Center for Population and Family Health
  722 West 168th Street
  11th Floor, Room 1123
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-8115
  Fax: 212-342-1945
  
  Hours:
  Monday: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  
  The Adult Parent Education Program is an 18-week course designed for parents, guardians, and other adults who live in Washington Heights. The course offers students the opportunity to study the concept of Family Health and Holistic Sexuality as an integral model that includes the interrelation of four factors: social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual as the basis for interpretation of the concept of health in the community. The curriculum is designed to help participants throughout all the sessions: develop an understanding that their sexuality is holistic and not simply expressed through genital sexual acts; develop sexual literacy so that their knowledge base reflects accurate information, and true understanding of the reality and implications of their attitudes and behaviors; and develop the foundation necessary to communicate with persons of the same and other sex throughout their cycle on appropriate sexuality issues.



• Columbia University Headstart Program
  
  Carmen Rodriguez, Ph.D.,
  Director
  
  

154 Haven Avenue,
3^rd Floor
New York, NY 10032

Tel: 212-923-5237
Fax: 212-568-3610

Hours: Monday through Friday:
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Columbia University Headstart Program is a home-based program in which teams of home visitors work with parents and children in weekly home- and center- based visits. Particular attention is paid to early childhood development, social services, health, and nutrition. Services are provided in both English and Spanish and parents are involved in program policy and development.




• School-Based Health Clinics
  
  Pamela Haller,
  Clinic Manager
  
  George Washington High School
  549 Audubon Avenue
  New York, NY 10040
  
  Tel: 212-927-2427
  Fax: 212-927-2302
  
  Lisa Maldonado,
  Assistant Director for School-Based Program Operations
  
  60 Haven Avenue
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-304-5284
  Fax: 212-304-5209
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  
  The School-Based Health Clinics provide routine physicals and immunizations as well as health education and counseling to students at participating sites who have provided a signed parental or guardian consent. First aid and emergency care are available for all students without prior consent. General health services include assessment and referrals; diagnosis and treatment of minor injuries; primary health care; laboratory tests; medication for treatment; pregnancy, prenatal care and referrals; gynecological care; sexually transmitted disease information; chronic illness management; nutrition education; pregnancy counseling; mental health counseling; sexuality counseling; weight reduction; drug and substance abuse prevention programs; and family counseling.



• School-Based Health Clinic "Child Sight"
  
  Lorraine Tiezzi, M.S.,
  Assistant Clinical Professor,
  Director of Community Health and Education Program
  
  60 Haven Avenue, Suite #B3
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-304-5240
  Fax: 212-304-5209
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  
  Sites:
  
  • Intermediate School 52
    650 Academy Street
    New York, NY 10034
    Tel: 212-927-9652
    Fax: 212-304-0601
  
  
  
  • Intermediate School 143
    515 West 182nd Street
    New York, NY 10033
    Tel: 212-927-7739
    Fax: 212-927-7830
  
  
  
  • Intermediate School 164
    401 West 164th Street
    New York, NY 10032
    Tel: 212-927-8380
    Fax: 212-923-6929
  
  
  
  • George Washington High School
    549 Audubon Avenue
    New York, NY 10040
    Tel: 212-927-2427
    Fax: 212-927-2302
  
  
  
  • Thurgood Marshall Academy and Bread and Roses Integrated Arts High School
    6 Edgecombe Avenue
    New York, NY 10030
    Tel: 212-283-8055
    Fax: 212-283-8109
  
  
  
  Together with Helen Keller International, the Department of Ophthalmology of Columbia University and the Ambulatory Care Network Corporation (ACNC), the Community Health and Education Program provides vision screening to all children enrolled in the Center’s six school based clinics. Child Sight is an exciting new initiative that makes use of a new technology in vision screening. Using a machine called an auto-refractor, vision problems are diagnosed, prescriptions are issued, and a pair of corrective lenses is "made".



• School-Based Health Clinic Family Planning Clinic
  
  Elinor Garan- Family Planning
  Wilson Bala- Clinic Manager
  
  
  21 Audubon Avenue
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-304-5240
  Fax: 212-304-5209
  
  Website:
  http://www.cpmc.columbia.edu/dept/sph/popfam
  
  Hours:
  Monday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  Tuesday and Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  
  The Family Planning Clinic provides comprehensive reproductive health services, including routine gynecological exams; contraception; including Norplant and Depo; pap smears; pregnancy testing and referrals to prenatal care; testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases; counseling and testing for HIV; health education and social work services, including special counseling for victims of sexual abuse.



• School-Based Health Clinic HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
  
  Lorraine Tiezzi, M.S.,
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Director of Community Health and Education Program
  
  60 Haven Avenue, Suite #B-3
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-304-5240
  Fax: 212-304-5209
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  Sites:
  
  • George Washington High School
    549 Audubon Avenue
    New York, NY 10040
    Tel: 212-927-2427
    Fax: 212-927-2302
    
  
  
  The AIDS Prevention Program at George Washington High School is a comprehensive, school-wide HIV/AIDS program that includes classroom based education on sexuality, HIV risk reduction techniques, safe sex, negotiation skills and pregnancy prevention. The program also offers an HIV peer education component. There is a special focus on high-risk students, for which the program provides on-site mental health counseling and support, health education, condom distribution, pre and post test HIV counseling, testing and treatment where indicated. Theater presentations, newsletters, and videos are used to reinforce the message of other interventions, create new norms and values on preventive behavior, increase knowledge of HIV within the group and increase the use of risk-reduction techniques.



• School Based Health Clinics "In Your Face" Program
  
  Lorraine Tiezzi, M.S.,
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Director of Community Health and Education Program
  
  60 Haven Avenue, Suite #B-3
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-304-5240
  Fax: 212-304-5209
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  The "In Your Face" Program is the health education component of the School-Based Health Clinics. The program provides health education to students who are sexually active and at risk for sexual activity. "In Your Face" is designed to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases by providing information, counseling, support, and referral for reproductive health care. Through the implementation of several free health education modalities, students are able to develop a relationship with a health educator which enables them to take steps toward reducing their risk of unwanted pregnancy and infection.



• School-Based Health Clinic Young Adult Clinic for Female Adolescents
  
  Janet Garth,
  Clinic Director
  
  21 Audubon Avenue
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-342-3232
  Fax: 212-342-3238
  
  Website:
  http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sph/popfam/
  
  Hours: Monday and Thursday:
  8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  Tuesday and Wednesday:
  8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  
  The Young Adult Clinic for Female Adolescents provides comprehensive reproductive and other health services for young women, most of whom reside in the Washington Heights/Inwood sections of Manhattan. The clinic provides routine gynecological exams, contraception, pregnancy testing, referrals to prenatal care, testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, counseling and testing for HIV, health education and social work services, including special counseling for victims of sexual abuse.



• School-Based Health Clinic Young Men's Clinic for Male Adolescents
  
  Darren Petillo,
  Young Men's Clinic Coordinator
  
  21 Audubon Avenue, 1st Floor
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-342-4692
  Fax: 212-342-3238
  
  Website:
  http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/sph/popfam/
  
  Hours:
  Monday: 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  Friday: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  The Young Men’s Clinic for Male Adolescents provides reproductive and other health services for young males, most of whom reside in the Washington Heights/Inwood sections of Manhattan. The clinic provides routine physical exams needed for sports activities, school, and obtaining working papers, basic laboratory screening, examinations and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, counseling and testing for HIV, general health counseling and condom education and distribution.