The Child Poverty Action Lab teams with Parkland Health and Dallas College to bring to local campuses a mobile clinic with birth control options and other...
After five years of work, a shiny new pink-and-purple Parkland bus brings family planning options to campuses.
The mobile unit will rotate among the seven Dallas College campuses and offer services that include contraceptive counseling, screenings for sexually transmitted infections and sexual health education. Thank goodness the three partners didn’t give up. An unintended pregnancy significantly reduces a woman’s chances of graduating from high school or college. Family planning sets a woman up for success — a better chance of getting a preferred job and better earning power. In turn, children grow up in a healthier environment, which improves their chances for a better life.The mobile clinic is part of what Dallas College Chancellor Justin Lonon describes as the barrier-busting business.
These front-line staffers were selected because of their passion to go into the community to provide care and information — especially to women who have long been underserved.Women and girls across Dallas County are disproportionately impacted by the lack of access to quality reproductive health services, Dr. Michael Horne, president and CEO of the Parkland Health Foundation, told me. “This should be a wakeup call, a crisis bell for all of us who care about our community.
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