and Advocacy Paul Dillon Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho Thank you for having me here today Ill be walking through Who we are as an organization ID: 618101
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Empowerment Through Health Care, Education,
and AdvocacyPaul Dillon, Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North IdahoSlide2
Thank you for having me here today!
I’ll be walking through:Who we are as an organizationWhat we provideWhat makes us unique Our impact on the community
The importance of supporting reproductive health care and rights as part of a holistic approach to fostering economic, power, equality, and stability for our communitySlide3
Who We Are
Mission: To provide exceptional health care, honest education, and fearless advocacy
for all.
Vision:
To ensure that all people have access to the resources and care they need to be healthy, plan their futures, and achieve their dreams.
We take a holistic approach to resolving health care disparities, injustice, and inequality by having a three-tiered mission and organizational structure:Slide4
Unpacked further, our…
Health care services address immediate human needs in our area, and help prevent conditions from developing into life-threatening or cost-prohibitive conditions. This is important because medical bills are a leading cause of bankruptcies in the U.S., especially for those who are uninsured.Education programs help provide individuals with the knowledge they need to take care of their own health and relationships, navigate resources, and make decisions in alignment with their personal values and futures.
Advocacy
work addresses the systemic causes of health issues, ensuring that our policies and laws are supportive of public and personal health and human rights. We ensure that systemic barriers that unfairly target women, people of color, immigrants, LGBT individuals, and others are removed. Slide5
Who We Are: The basics
Nonprofit health care provider11 health centers100% located in medically-underserved areasServe 30,651 patients
63% at or below FPL
89% female, 25% people of color
Provide over $6m in charity care annually (free or reduced-cost)Slide6
What We Provide: Health Services
Our most common visits are for Annual Exams/Pap (39%) Pregnancy Testing and STI Testing & Treatment (31%) and visits for Birth Control/Contraception (17%)Birth ControlEmergency Contraception
STD Testing and Treatment
Pregnancy Testing
HPV Vaccination
HIV Testing and Treatment Referral
Annual Exams
Pap Test
Abnormal Pap Management
Colposcopy
LEEP (cervical cancer prevention)
Breast Exam
UTI Diagnosis and Treatment
Abortion – medical and surgical
Adoption referral
Vasectomy
Essure
– permanent birth control
PrEP
and
nPEP
– HIV prevention
Sports physicals and other basic primary careSlide7
What We Provide: Additional Services
Screening at every appointment for intimate partner violence and reproductive coercionIntensive patient education – everything from natural family planning to coaching how to tell a partner about STD statusIn-person assistance signing up for insurance and financial assistance programsReferrals to a network of organizations and services – we work closely with health districts in our region, nonprofits, and other health care providersSlide8
What We Provide: Advocacy
We are committed to protecting and advancing reproductive health care access, human rights, and justice.In order to be able to do this, we have to ensure that our laws and policies support the health, rights, and liberty of our patientsMost intense political attacks on women’s health in a generationClergy Advocacy: We work with over 50 local faith leaders
6 Generation Action Campus Groups
HCAP
Overall, our team keeps the doors open!Slide9
What We Provide: Advocacy
Elevating patient voices to protect care and rights. “When I met my wife, she didn't have health insurance but was having issues with her period. She absolutely refused to go to a doctor because she was afraid of a big medical bill. I convinced her to go to Planned Parenthood because it would be very low or no cost to her.
Her
pap smear was as bad as it could be before someone is diagnosed with cancer. After a couple of procedures, she ultimately had a hysterectomy to removed the diseased cells.
I really believe that without Planned Parenthood, she would have gotten cancer, because she would not have accessed health care out of fear of the costs. People die from cervical cancer. I am so grateful for Planned Parenthood, and it's care for low income women's health care needs
.”
- Natalee, submitted to us onlineSlide10
What We Provide: Education
Education is the first step in preventative health careCover range of topics, like Healthy Relationships and Communication, Consent, Intimate Partner Violence Awareness, Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology, Gender and Sexual Orientation, Birth Control MethodsOur programs focus on building skills so participants can put what they learn to use (ex. Setting and enforcing personal boundaries)
We connect youth and parents/trusted adults to improve communication
Core Programs:
Teen Council Peer Education
Promotores de
Salud
Peer Education
Healthy Youth Collaborative Programming
We provide medically-accurate, age-appropriate, and evidence-based health education programming to youth, adults, and families that helps them stay safe, make healthy decisions, and carve out bright futures. Slide11
What We Provide: Education
Teen Council Peer Education ProgramTeen Council peer educators are high school students who serve as trusted sources of medically-accurate health information for their peersTeens receive training and deliver presentations to their peers and community groups on topics like consent, healthy relationships, and STDs/HIV
Also teach parents and youth how to talk to each other about sexual health and personal values
Active councils in Spokane, Palouse, Yakima, and Wenatchee
We provide medically-accurate, age-appropriate, and evidence-based health education programming to youth, adults, and families that helps them stay safe and make healthy decisions.
Yakima Teen Council members presentingSlide12
What We Provide: Education
Healthy Youth Collaborative Innovative health education program done in partnership with the Office of Adolescent Health and Spokane Regional Health DistrictDelivers programs proven to be effective at reducing rates of teen pregnancy and sexual risk behaviors by HHS to Yakima, Spokane, Okanogan, and Tri-Cities – all of whom have some of the state’s highest rates of youth poverty, STDs, and teen pregnancy
Partner with local schools, youth correctional facilities, community organizations to deliver programming
Also focus on youth living in poverty, homeless youth, and young survivors of abuse and human trafficking (Daybreak, Crosswalk)
See me for information on the program!Slide13
What We Provide: Education
Other Programs and Services:Promotores de Salud: Spanish-language adult peer educators who travel to peoples’ homes in Yakima to deliver presentations about breast health, puberty, how to talk to your children about sexual health, and more
Presentations on request
Guidance and resources for parents and youth on how to have conversations with one another about sex, relationships, and personal values
Promotora Teresa presenting at a house partySlide14
Our Impact: Spokane
7,446 patients at Spokane health center in 201664% of patients at or below FPLBuilding the most advanced reproductive health care facility in the region, to open late 2017-early 2018Will serve more patients and expand our health services and education
Age
<18
18-24
25-34
35-44
45+
Total Visits
%
8%
44%
35%
10%
3%
10,831Slide15
Our Role: Key Safety Net Provider
Spokane has a high shortage of health care professionals. Not only do we fill an important role providing expert reproductive health care services to the general population, but as a safety net provider we ensure those without financial resources don’t fall through the cracks.Slide16
Our Role: Key Safety Net Provider
We never turn anyone away from care if they are unable to pay, and we never send people to collectionsWe accept all forms of insurance – including Medicaid – and help those without sign up for insurance or financial assistance programs
We have a sliding scale payment plan that goes down to $0 for family planning services
We provide over $6 million each year in free or reduced-cost services
In District 5, we serve a full 70% of the family planning patients seeking care at a safety net providerSlide17
Our Role: Key Safety Net Provider
Other providers refer Medicaid patients to us.
Federal attacks on this program would have a serious local impact:
For every 1000 women who lose access to publicly funded family planning, 288 new unintended pregnancies result
Unintended pregnancies put women at greater risk for homelessness, family hunger, poor birth outcomes, and long-term dependence on publicly-funded programs
For every $1 invested in family planning services, the state saves at least $7 on unintended pregnancy and long-term social service costs.Slide18
Reproductive Health Care & Poverty
Women need access to reproductive health care throughout their lifetimes, whether or not they have children – it’s essential, basic care for women and should never be compromised. Women are about seven times more vulnerable to reproductive illnesses than men. Women in poverty – particularly women of color and those in rural areas – have the most difficulty accessing the services that could prevent or provide early treatment for these illnesses, compounding their economic hardships.
Youth at greatest risk for teen pregnancy – which significantly impacts their education and economic opportunities – are more likely to live in areas of high poverty.
In Spokane, 56% of youth are experiencing high levels of poverty.
Family planning is a basic economic issue for women and working families
. When people are able to plan their families, they have more career and education opportunities, healthier pregnancies, and are less likely to depend on government programs.
As a key safety net provider, educator, advocate, and community organization, we work to remove as many barriers to a person’s success as possible, and we’re always looking for partners in this important work!Slide19
Thank you!
Any questions?