westlock and area agencies |
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onoway, barrhead, mayerthorpe, swan hills
STD/HIV Information line 1-800-772-2437
Area - Birth Control, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Pregnancy Testing and Counseling:
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Local Physicians
Public Health Nurses at Community Health Centres. These centres are open from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM:
Westlock Community Health Centre Westlock, AB 10024 – 107 Ave. 780-361-4339 780-361-4362 780-361-4362
Onoway Community Health Centre 4919 Lac Ste. Anne Trail Onoway, AB Ph: (780) 967-4440 Fax: (780) 967-4433
Barrhead Community Health Centre 6203 – 49 St. (Provincial Bldg.) Barrhead, AB Ph: (780) 674-3408 Fax: (780) 674-3941
Mayerthorpe Community Health Centre 4417-45 St. Mayerthorpe, AB Ph: (780) 786-4198 Fax: (780) 786-2023 Swan Hills Community Health Centre 29 Freeman Drive Swan Hills, AB Ph: (780) 333-7077 Fax: (780) 333-7009
Health Care Centres (Hospitals) Outpatient/Emergency Departments:
Swan Hills Health Care Centre 29 Freeman Dr. Swan Hills, AB Ph: (780) 333-7000 Fax: (780) 333-7009
Mayerthorpe Health Care Centre 4417-45 St. Mayerthorpe, AB Ph: (780) 786-2261 Fax: (780)786-2023
Barrhead Health Care Centre 4815-51 Ave. Barrhead, AB Ph: (780) 674-2221 Fax: (780) 674-3541
Westlock Health Care Centre 10220-93 St. Westlock, AB Ph: (780)349-3301 Fax: (780) 349-6973
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Testing for STI and/or pregnancy, birth control prescriptions and sample packs, and emergency contraception prescriptions are available at most doctors' offices in the area.
Trained public health nurses provide information and counseling around birth control, STI and pregnancy options.
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Public Health Nurses Community Health
Centres (see above contact
information)
Family and Community Support Services:
Westlock & District FCSS 10336-106 St. Westlock, AB, T7P 2G1 T7P 2G1 Fax: (780) 349-5551
Barrhead & District FCSS 4921-50 Ave., T7N 1A5 Barrhead, AB Ph: (780) 674-3341 Fax: (780) 674-4571
Lac St. Anne FCSS Ph: (780)785-3411 or 1-866-880-5722 Fax: (780) 785-2359
Mayerthorpe & Area FCSS Ph: (780) 786-2888 Fax: (780) 786-4590 Swan Hills FCSS Ph: (780) 333-4119 Fax: (780) 333-4547
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Consulting and education
services.
Provides basic information through their Family School Liaison Programs and resource referral for a variety of educational, parenting and counselling needs.
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Area - Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Local Physicians
STI Prevention and Treatment Whitecourt Community Health Centre 20 Sunset Blvd., Whitecourt, AB Ph: (780) 778-2285 Fax: (780)778-3852 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm |
Testing can be done at most area
doctors' offices
The STI Partner Notification Nurse will provide STI prevention and treatment, information, referrals and will draw blood for blood testing in limited situations. This nurse travels to other communities in the area as needed/requested.
Free confidential STI testing and treatment. |
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Alberta
Health Services,
Community Health Centres (see above for contact information). Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
Family and Community Support Services (see above contact information)
Healthy Families, Healthy Futures #203, 10011 - 106 Street Westlock, AB Ph:1-866-859-8109Fax: (780) 307-2447
Westlock & District Adult Learning Centre Society #2, 10007 – 100 Ave. Westlock, AB, T7P 2H5 Ph:(780) 349-5253 Fax: (780) 349-3111
Barrhead & District Adult Learning Council 4923-50 Ave., Barrhead, AB, T7N 1P3 Ph:(780) 674-7535 Fax:(780) 674-8699
Whitecourt/Lac Ste. Anne
Box 219 Fax:(780) 785-2359
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The
Community Health Centres offer prenatal education,
postnatal follow-up, information on infant and child care issues, early intervention
services for children with disabilities & resource referral.
Some of the offices
offer the Nobody’s Perfect parenting program.
FCSS provides a variety of programs to individuals, families and youth, as well as Family School Liaisons, Youth Workers and resource referral. These programs include working with students (including teens) and their families on issues that are causing the families and students great stress and difficulty.
This service is available across the area. It offers a pre-natal nutritional program and/or support workers to visit families (including pregnant and parenting adolescents) to support them on a one-to-one basis.
These further education groups often run educational programs on child and parenting issues.
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Area - Sexual Assault
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Health Care
Centres (Hospitals) (see above contact information)
Victim Services Units Access through the local RCMP detachment
Alberta Health Services Mental Health HELPLINE Ph: 1-877-303 2642
Barrhead Community Mental Health
Services Barrhead,
AB, T7N 1A1 Fax: (780) 674-8352
Mayerthorpe Community Mental Health
Services Mayerthorpe,
AB, T0E 1N0 Fax: (780) 786-2023
Onoway Community Mental Health
Services Onoway,
AB,
T0E 1V0 Fax: (780) 967-2547
Swan Hills Community Mental Health
Services Swan
Hills, AB, T0G 2C0 Fax: (780) 333-7009 Westlock Community Mental Health Services 10024 - 107 Ave.,
Westlock, AB, T7P 2E3 Fax:(780) 349-5846
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Health Care Centres
can do forensic examinations
for sexual assault.
This unit of volunteers provides support to victims of crime that can take a number of different forms. They can provide immediate support after a crime right through to providing support during court appearances and victim impact statements.
Telephone referral and support for people experiencing crisis
The mental health therapists provide free confidential counseling on a variety of mental health issues including crisis intervention, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. They also will refer to other more specialized services (e.g., psychiatry), if needed. The offices are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 4:30. Some of the offices also have evening clinic hours and can be flexible with their hours, if necessary.
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Alberta
Health Services: Sexual & Reproductive
Health Program
(see above contact information).
Community Mental Health (see above contact information). |
The Sexual
Health Consultant will help individuals and their families
with referrals, information and support.The program also
takes advantage of opportunities to raise community
awareness and acceptance of sexual orientation and about
developing health body image and body acceptance.
Mental health therapists will provide free confidential counseling around depression and issues related to sexual orientation. They also will refer to other more specialized services (e.g., the Grey Nuns Outpatient Gender Clinic), if needed. They can also provide free confidential counseling around unhealthy body image, depression and eating disorders. They also will refer to other more specialized services (e.g., the Eating Disorder Specialist), if needed. |
