Launch of Adagio Health’s Erie Teen Connections & Family Connections at Booker T Washington May 14, 2009

Please Join Us in celebrating the partnership between the Booker T. Washington Center & Adagio Health and the launch of Adagio Health’s Erie Teen Connections & Family Connections on Thursday, May 14 at the Booker T. Washington Center, 1720 Holland Street, Erie, PA, Please feel free to join us between 5:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
A presentation about Teens and Sexuality by Lorri Bland, Supervisor
of Student Parenting & CHAMPS Afterschool Programs will begin at 6:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.
All guests are welcome to take copies of Adagio Health’s Erie Teen Connections & Family Connections.
R.S.V.P. by May 11 to Diane Kennard at 412.253.8179.

About Adagio Health
Adagio Health has been providing health care services for women and families in western Pennsylvania since 1971. Over the years we have developed a number of programs and services to more fully meet the needs of the communities we serve. Each year we serve more than 100,000 people in 23 counties of western Pennsylvania with health care services and health education. In our medical offices we offer personalized, high quality care that includes: Complete Gynecological Care ~ Annual Exams, Birth Control and STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Testing & Treatment; Pregnancy Care ~ Pregnancy Testing, Prenatal Exams and Delivery; and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening ~ Clinical Breast Exams, Breast Self-Exam Education, Mammograms and Pap Tests. Adagio Health has local offices in Erie and Edinboro, as well as satellites at the Booker T. Washington Center and the Hispanic American Council in Erie.

About Booker T. Washington Center
The Booker T. Washington Center has been serving the Erie community for the past 85 years. Its mission is to improve the conditions for work, play, study, health and living in the Erie community and to work with other agencies whose goals and objectives are consistent with those of the organization. The Center offers a number of programs and services such as tutoring, Kid’s Café, women’s groups, job training, tax preparation assistance, and drug and alcohol education programs.

About Community Education
Adagio Health’s Community Education Program provides prevention education throughout western Pennsylvania on numerous health-related topics in school and community settings. A focus of these efforts is the Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (CAPP), a comprehensive program to reduce teen pregnancy and STD/HIV transmission among teens. Peer Education is the cornerstone of CAPP’s efforts. Peer Educators are specially trained young adults who educate youth about a variety of health topics in schools and community settings. CAPP also provides professional training, resource materials for parents and teens, and specializes in curriculum development and public policy.

About Teen Connections & Family Connections
Adagio Health’s Teen Connections is a no-cost pocket-sized directory that identifies a host of resources for teens dealing with issues from health care to dating to legal matters. Each chapter provides phone numbers of local resources as well as websites to visit for more information. Since it was first published in Allegheny County in 1990, more than 500,000 copies have been distributed and editions for other counties, including Erie, have been created. Adagio Health has believes that parents should be the primary sexuality educators for their children and it is never too early to begin age-appropriate discussions about sexuality with children. In 1993, we developed Family Connections a series of age-appropriate guidebooks that help parents discuss issues including pregnancy prevention and healthy behaviors.