Columbia University Health Services

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Alice ! Health Promotion Program offers a workshop on Sexual Health Workshop where students can:

• Discuss STI symptoms, transmission, and treatment
• Identify ways to reduce the risk of STI transmission and unplanned pregnancy
• Develop skills to talk with partner(s) about prevention strategies
• Identify appropriate on- and off-campus resources for safer sex

For more information go to Workshops, Groups, and Training.
Safer sex information and free condoms are available to students through Alice!

Primary Care Medical Services (PCMS) provides comprehensive care for routine, urgent, and chronic medical needs for students. Primary Care also provides sexual health, reproductive, and gynecological services, LGBTQ health care, immunizations, and referrals. For more information go to Making Appointment

Gay Health Advocacy Project (GHAP)promotes the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community by providing information, advocacy, referrals, confidential HIV testing, counseling, treatment, and support to the entire University community. For more information go to Gay Health Advocacy Project.

 
Special Services for Women Women’s health is an important service provided by PCMS. High quality, individualized women’s care is provided by our staff of excellent primary care providers, all of whom are experienced in Women’s Health and considerate of the sensitive nature of the visit. Our providers are attuned to the sexual, psychosocial, gynecologic, and body image issues that are part of providing comprehensive women’s health care.

Some of the specific services provided are:

• well-woman annual examinations
• birth control
• emergency contraception
• pregnancy evaluations
• pregnancy options counseling
• referral for prenatal care
• referral for elective termination (abortion)
• testing and treatment for STIs
• management of gynecologic problems

 Strict standards of confidentiality are maintained.

For urgent concerns, you may ask to speak with one of the PCMS Registered Nurses on the Clinical Symptom Line. For more information go to Making Appointments.