KBFPC is heading to Nikiski in May, to join a wonderful lineup of healthcare providers and other vendors at the Nikiski Community Health Fair! The event features representatives from multiple local health and safety organizations, including our partners from the Alaska Breast + Cervical Screening Assistance Program, and offers blood tests for those 18+ at…
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Tuesday, January 31 The 2023 Kenai Peninsula Community Resource Connect/Project Homeless Connect events are coming up, and KBFPC and the REC Room will be there! Access free supplies and assistance around housing, food, and other basic needs with multiple vendors at each community event. Free transportation is available! Homer Community Resource Connect 11:00 AM to…
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Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was honored and grateful to work with the Title X Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) over the past year to improve our Hypertension Prevention and Control services. High blood pressure is a growing issue among younger people in the United States, so sexual & reproductive healthcare facilities like KBFPC…
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FROM KBFPC’S NOVEMBER 2022 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Action Edition Dear KBFPC Community, As I write this, I am at the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association’s Fall Meeting surrounded by peers from across the country – each of whom are committed to making reproductive health accessible for all. While I am here, most of our…
Read More This month, KBFPC was featured in a spotlight article from the Title X Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) focused on our work to better integrate hypertension/high blood pressure screening and support into our client services: Almost half of all U.S. adults have hypertension, which is one of the leading—and most preventable—contributors to maternal death…
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KBFPC clinic staff have joined a new national Title X hypertension prevention work group to bring evidence-based hypertension prevention, diagnosis, and control to our work with clients in the clinic. Look for more reproductive and sexual health services coming this year! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hypertension (blood pressure greater than…
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