Positive Outcomes
Positive Outcomes provides individual educational counseling to adolescents who come to the Aiken County Health Department for pregnancy testing, STD/HIV testing or a regular family planning visit. Our educational counselor addresses the personal needs of each client when discussing the risks of sexual activity, the importance of abstinence and the prevention of pregnancy, STD's and HIV.
For more information call at 803-643-1988 or e-mail
bushma02@gmail.com.
Youth-only Waiting Room
The purpose of this special Youth-Only Waiting Room is to create a safe "youth-friendly" environment for our youth clients to ask questions and receive some of the education that is necessary for making responsible decisions about their health while they are waiting for their appointment.
Research has shown that adolescents need access to quality health services and accurate non-judgmental information. Youth-friendly clinics play an important role in reducing a youth's risk of becoming pregnant and/or contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), including HIV.
In the youth waiting room will have educational and interactive computer programs, DVD's and reading materials that are designed especially for young people.
We would like to THANK the Aiken County Health Department for giving us this space, The SC Campaign for the grant funding to transform this room, and the hard work and design talents of Peer Educators at USC-Aiken for creating this amazing space.
To see pictures of the Youth-Only Waiting Room creation click below.
For more information call at 803-643-1988 or e-mail
bushma02@gmail.com.
Ask Jennifer
Sometimes young people have questions about sex, STD's or relationships and they feel like they have no one they can ask.
Ask Jennifer is a text messaging service that was designed to give youth access to accurate information on issues related to reproductive health.
Young people can text their questions related to pregnancy, STD's, and/or relationships to our trained staff person who respond to them within 24 hours.
Text questions to 803-522-5975.
