The Teen Clinic Health Educators visit and work with most public high schools in the San Fernando Valley to keep teens informed about reproductive anatomy/physiology, birth control methods (what they are and how they work), sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. To find out more about the Teen Clinic Health Educators, please call Connie Kruzan, Director of Youth Services, 818.763.1718 ext. 210 or to book a health education presentation, call the booking line at: 818.763.1718 ext. 208.

TheTobacco Prevention Program, works to combat tobacco use, decrease access of tobacco products to youth, encourage through policy efforts a greater number of smoke-free facilities both indoors and outdoors, and identify misleading advertising and role models. Currently, the focus of the Tobacco Prevention Program is on policy reform and creating new laws and policies that will prevent second hand smoke exposure and teen smoking in local communities. For more information on the Tobacco Prevention Program, please contact Alisha Lopez, Director of Tobacco Prevention, 818.763.1718 ext. 311
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The Clinic’s Promotora program was initiated in 1998. The bilingual Promotoras take a leadership role in the community, with goals of: increasing the awareness of health issues and accessibility to health care in the Latino community, providing education and information about health to the community, increasing enrollment of eligible Latino children and their families in appropriate free/low-cost government health programs (such as Healthy Families.) The Promotoras also assisting them in maintaining their coverage by answering questions, helping with forms, and being an information resource. All Promotoras are trained and State certified to enroll eligible children in the State-funded Healthy Families insurance program. They reach out to the community through platicas (small meetings, held in neighborhood homes) and health forums. If you are interested in finding out more about the Promotoras, please contact Olga Duran, Director of Healthy Families/Medi-Cal, 818.763.1718 ext. 206.