950 E Washington Street
Baton Rouge LA 70802
A w a r e n e s s
S e r v i c e
Counseling and Testing
increases awareness about
HIV/AIDS, promotes health
and wellness for mothers
and their babies,
encourages sensible choices
on healthy behaviors, and
educates and empowers
women to face life and
parenting challenges.
health, breast exams, pap smears and
contraceptive methods; Metro Health
connects women who are pregnant to
prenatal care. Counselors encourage
testing for women of childbearing age
and provide information about AZT
therapy for pregnant women to
OB/GYN doctors so they may pass it
to their patients.
confidential risk reduction counseling and
testing to individuals.
NO needles! NO blood!
Youth reaching youth to promote high self-esteem,
addressing health issues and set goads to develop into healthy productive adults.
Learn the importance of setting goals
and making a plan for the future.
Understand the importance of
self esteem and identify
the ways of boosting it.
The Importance of nutrition and
exercise on a growing body.
Recognize the signs and
symptoms of abuse.
A Mentor's job is to help troubled
children. A Mentor helps with social
issues like drinking and smoking,
family probles, tension and other
difficulties growing up. They also help
with some school work like writing,
time management, and Internet skills.
Or a mentor can just be someone
to hang out with
Learn ways of handling
and overcoming peer pressure.
Understand the different STDs, their
trasmission and prevention.