Prism Health is a health clinic located on Southeast Belmont Street, in
Portland, Oregon
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's
Buckman neighborhood, in the United States. Prism became Oregon's first
LGBTQ
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primary health clinic in 2017, and opened as an extension of the
Cascade AIDS Project
Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Its mission is to prevent HIV infections, to "support and empower" people affected and by HIV/AIDS, and to eliminate stigma associated with the ...
.
The 7,750-square-foot space has 10 exam rooms, plus additional rooms for meetings and counseling,
gender-neutral restrooms, and a pharmacy. Prism provides
HIV
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and
STI STI may refer to:
In science and technology Biology and psychology
* Sexually transmitted infection
* Signal transduction inhibitor, a drug type
* Soft tissue injury
* Symptom targeted intervention Symptom targeted intervention (STI) is a cli ...
testing,
mental
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* of or relating to the mind
Films
* ''Mental'' (2012 film), an Australian comedy-drama film starring Toni Collette
* ''Mental'' (2016 film), a Bangladeshi romantic-action film starring Shakib Khan
* ''Mental'', a 2008 docu ...
and
transgender health
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Abstracting and i ...
services, and free
condom
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s and
dental dam
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s.
[
The clinic received $200,000 in operational support from Multnomah County.]
See also
* Healthcare and the LGBTQ community
Within the healthcare sphere, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people face specific challenges and hardships that make access to healthcare less equitable. According to the US Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), so ...
References
External links
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2017 establishments in Oregon
Buckman, Portland, Oregon
LGBTQ and health care
LGBTQ in Oregon
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