| Program Description | In 1992 La Clínica, in collaboration with the East Bay Agency for Children and the Oakland Unified School District, opened the Hawthorne Health Center as one of the first school-based health centers in Alameda County. We serve students from World and Achieve Academies (formerly Hawthorne Elementary), Urban Promise Academy (UPA) Middle School, and children from the wider Fruitvale community. We offer primary care medical services, health education, and behavioral health services. We see patients from 3-18 years old and all services are provided without charge to students.
Services include:
Primary care medical services for children and adolescents ages 3-18
Physical exams
Immunizations
Laboratory testing
Prescriptions
Nutrition and fitness promotion
Management of chronic illnesses
Urgent care
Family planning services
Birth control and safe sex education
Diagnosis and treatment of sexually-transmitted and other infections
Behavioral health care services
Brief counseling
Crisis intervention
Case management linkage & referrals
Counseling support/education groups
Peer health education
Referrals to specialty care as needed
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