Community Health Nursing
Services Offered:
Provides Education and Counseling to Beneficiaries:
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Sexually Transmitted Infection Education and Counseling
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection Education and Counseling
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Infectious Disease Education and Counseling
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HIV Education and Counseling
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Serves as the Health Consultant for Child and Youth Services
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Serves as a Consultant for the Special Needs Accommodation Process (SNAP)
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Responsible for Epidemiological Investigations regarding all Bloodborne Pathogens, Communicable Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Provides classes to units on post and civilian employees
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Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Infectious Diseases
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Bloodborne Pathogens
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Communicable Diseases
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Child and Youth Services Educational Programs
STI Walk-In Clinic
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Walk-in Clinic is available during normal LAB hours: Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for asymptomatic beneficiaries ages 14 and older.
LAB is closed every 3rd Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. LAB Phone: 334-255-7063
Asymptomatic beneficiaries ages 14 and older walk-in to the lab, fill out a consent form, and receive STI testing without seeing a provider or public health nurse.
STI labs can take 7- 10 business days for results and post to your MHS GENESIS Patient Portal. You will receive a call from a Public Health Nurse to review the labs and answer any questions you may have. For positive results, your Primary Care Manager (PCM) team will contact you to schedule an evaluation/treatment options as necessary.
Symptomatic beneficiaries: If you’re currently having STI symptoms, it is important that you are evaluated by a healthcare provider who can provide treatment if necessary. You can make an appointment for STI screening and medical counseling with your PCM by calling the Lyster appointment line at 1-800-261-7193 or through MHS GENESIS patient portal https://my.mhsgenesis.health.mil/
What are the most common STI Symptoms?
• Unusual discharge from vagina, penis, or anus
• Pain or burning feeling when urinating
• Pain and/or bleeding when you have sex
• Abdominal pain
• Lumps or skin growth around genitals or anus
• Rash on different parts of the body
• Unusual vaginal bleeding
• Itchy genitals or anus
• Blisters, sores, or warts around genitals or anus, mouth, or throat (rare)
• Many people have NO SYMPTOMS but can be silent carriers.
http://phc.amedd.army.mil/
http://www.cdc.gov