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Take the Test, Take Control: Family First Health recognizes National HIV Testing Day
with free, confidential testing open to everyone
TIME
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
DATE
Friday, June 26, 2015
WHAT
Family First Health will offer free, confidential HIV testing at its George Street Center on June 26 in recognition of National HIV Testing Day.
Individuals are encouraged to “Take the Test. Take Control,” and will be able to choose from one of many incentives, including coupons and food items from Healthy World Café, Rita’s Italian Ice, Subway, Gold’s Gym, Jimmy Johns, Wendy’s, Marcello’s Pizza, York City Pretzel Company and more. Participants can also enter into a gift basket raffle.
Staff and volunteers will also be distributing condoms and educational materials in downtown York to encourage individuals to get tested at the George Street center. Testing is open to everyone, not just Family First Health patients.
WHERE
Family First Health
116 S. George St., York PA 17401
BACKGROUND
Centers for Disease Control recommends that health care providers test everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 at least once as part of routine health care. One in seven people in the United States who have HIV do not know they are infected. Family First Health provides free, confidential HIV testing at all five locations year-round, as part of routine medical care. In 2014, staff performed nearly 3,500 tests.
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About Family First Health
Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, federally qualified health center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the website at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.