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MORE THAN JUST BIRTH CONTROL
Planned Parenthood provides a lot
more care to their patients than just
birth control. But what other services
do they provide? Here to explain are
the experts at Planned Parenthood
of Nassau County.
Many people know Planned
Parenthood for birth control.
What else do women turn to
Planned Parenthood for? We a
provide the full range of sexual and
reproductive healthcare including
sexually transmitted infections
testing, breast exams, abortion
care, well-woman exams, human
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination,
prenatal care, and more. Planned
Parenthood of Nassau County
(PPNC) just added some important
preventive healthcare services,
including f lu shots, diabetes
screenings, and weight management.
Why is it important for Planned
Parenthood to provide cancer
screenings, flu shots, diabetes
screenings, and other such
services? For many patients, we are
the only health care provider they
see all year. Since we care about the
overall wellbeing of every patient,
we go above and beyond the normal
spectrum of care.
What is a lesser-known service
that Planned Parenthood offers?
A lesser-known service is our HIV
prevention, care and treatment
program. PPNC was one of the
highest achievers for identifying
individuals newly diagnosed with
HIV in 2018. We are also leading the
way as one of only a few providers
in Nassau to offer Pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill
people at high risk of HIV can take
to prevent HIV.
What kind of education and
training programs does Planned
Parenthood provide? Our bilingual
sexuality educators facilitate
age-appropriate, comprehensive
workshops on topics including
puberty, self-esteem, healthy
relationships, birth
control, abstinence, cancer
prevention, and parentchild
communication.
How is Pl anned
Parenthood advocating
for healthcare access?
Our ability to provide
free or low-cost services
is largely the result of
policies that support
healthcare for all and so we
advocate for those policies
on behalf of the people
we serve. For example,
we fight to preserve the
Affordable Care Act, which increases
access to care for all and makes birth
control affordable. We fight against
the Trump Administration’s gag rule
on Title X funding, because more
than 12,000 of our patients would
lose access to critical services at
Planned Parenthood. We advocate
for sex education across public
schools in New York, because we
see firsthand that education is the
key to teens making safe and healthy
choices. And, we also advocate
against the harmful practices of
fake clinics posing as “healthcare
centers,” which are not medically
trained, lack financial oversight, and
coerce people facing unintended
pregnancies into believing they only
have one medical option.
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