Center for Prevention and Wellness
The Center offers students and community members health education opportunities and health care services. Current programs include: culturally and gender specific Native Women’s HOPE (Honoring Opportunities to Prevent & Empower) groups; HIV/STD testing; capacity building for HIV Awareness programs, and the Tribal BEAR Project, which is responsible for providing the most current HIV treatment trainings to the seven reservations of Montana and three in Idaho. Activities include Women 4 Wellness Health Fair (annually in May), numerous STD/HIV testing events, informational sessions/conferences, media development, National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National HIV Testing Day and World AIDS Day events. In collaboration with area tribal health and Lake County Health Department, students and clients can access health services on site or through referrals. All services are confidential.
Location: Vanderburg Building, Rm 110. Visit the Center at http://prevention.skc.edu