{"id":13157,"date":"2013-01-18T11:21:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T21:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=13157"},"modified":"2020-12-16T13:58:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:58:13","slug":"uh-hilos-family-planning-clinic-grant-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/01\/18\/uh-hilos-family-planning-clinic-grant-renewed\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Family Planning Clinic grant renewed"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo’s Student Health and Wellness Programs<\/a> received renewal of a three-year grant award of $282,500 to support Student Medical Services in its efforts to provide the community with a Family Planning Clinic<\/a>. The FPC<\/abbr> was established in 1993 with a Title X<\/abbr> grant from the Office of Family Planning.<\/p>\n

Under the direction of Family Nurse Practitioner Heather Hirata<\/strong>, FPC<\/abbr> services include a broad range of high-quality clinical family planning and preventative health services, including testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. The program is completely voluntary and confidential.<\/p>\n

The UH<\/abbr> Hilo Family Planning Grant serves a diverse student and community body. The target population is low-income and hard-to-reach individuals who are the most under-served and the least likely to access family planning services in a traditional setting.<\/p>\n

“Recent survey data from UH<\/abbr> Hilo indicates that our students are less likely to practice preventive measures such as routine exams, contraceptive use and STD<\/abbr> testing, which are all offered on campus to students and the community,” said Sulma Gandhi<\/strong>, director of UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s Student Health and Wellness Programs. “Oftentimes the barrier to preventative medicine is access to knowledgeable healthcare professionals and through this grant we are able to provide these vital services,”<\/p>\n

Contact UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s Student Medical Services at (808) 974-7636 for more information.<\/p>\n

—A UH<\/abbr> Hilo news release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renewal of a three-year grant supports UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s efforts to provide the community with high-quality clinical family planning and preventative health services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[142,165,14],"class_list":["post-13157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-award","tag-health","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t