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Prevention Point Philadelphia

Goal

To increase access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare to women and birthing people that use substances.

Project Lead

Andres Freire
Director of Harm Reduction Health Services

Overview

Prevention Point Philadelphia provides reproductive health and family planning services for women and birthing persons with substance use disorder.

Accomplishments

Significant increase in the number of women and birthing people who were engaged in services and offered basic information and education around LARC.

Facilitated a biweekly cross-departmental task force to discuss successes and obstacles in coordinating and delivering reproductive health services across the array of Prevention Point's medical clinics.

Increased retention rates of participants and follow-through on attending medical appointments.