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Women's Health & Counseling Center (WHCC) has been an integral community
resource for women for 37 years. WHCC works to reduce the financial, ethnic,
language or other barriers that prevent women from obtaining the services
they need. WHCC's goal is to provide a safe haven where compassionate and
high-quality services are available. These include medical and preventive
care, and counseling and support programs. We promote healthier communities
by educating women to make informed health care choices.
To help us make services available to as many women as possible,
WHCC has joined into a number of successful partnerships that benefit our
clients. Some of these collaborative ventures have linked WHCC with the
American Cancer Society, Alternatives, Middle Earth,
The Resource Center of Somerset, St. Peters University Hospital, and Somerset
Medical Center
We work one-on-one with teens to help reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy using medical, social and educational resources.
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Thanks to local drug companies, medicine you need to treat illnesses we diagnose can often be secured at very low prices or for free.
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Women and men who are uninsured and meet financial eligibility can obtain free screenings for breast, cervical, and prostate cancers at WHCC.
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WHCC's health educators, nurses and other professionals visit schools and community groups with educational programs on medical- and health-related topics.
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We'll answer all your questions about HIV before testing for the disease. If your test results are positive, we counsel, refer and guide you to supportive assistance.
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If we don't offer a health service you or your family needs, we'll give you information to get you to the right place-one with the same level of quality care as WHCC.
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Based at the Somerset County Vo-Tech school, the program gives on-site health and counseling services to students by WHCC nurses.
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Colds, flu, burns, stomach-aches...a wide range of common illnesses are diagnosed and treated at WHCC. We try to prevent sickness or worsening conditions through regular exams, screenings, vaccinations and lab work.
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As part of its mission to keep women healthy, the agency provides family planning, annual gynecological examinations, pregnancy testing, and treatment of routine ailments. We offer emergency contraception services. For men, partner treatment and other such services are available.
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Help is available for survivors, family and friends...
- 24-hour hotline and crisis counseling
- Hospital and police accompaniment
- Empowerment and support to make decisions
- Information and referrals services
- Individual and group counseling for victims, significant others, and families
- Speakers and community education
- Volunteer Advocate training
The
SASS program offers a psycho-educational group
on Thursday evenings
from 6:30 – 8 pm. The group will begin in January
2010. Please call SASS program director Irene Lebbad at 908.526.2335 x130 for intake appointment.
Sexual Assault 24-Hour Hotline
Somerset County: 908-526-7444
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WHCC provides on-site medical services related to reproductive health to female detainees.
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STEP offers educational classes on prenatal care and pregnancy prevention, counseling, and support to pregnant teens to supplement care from an obstetrician.
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Confidential screening for and treatment of STIs is provided. Emphasis is on preventing initial or subsequent infections and transmission.
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