MT. SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
KLINGENSTEIN PAVILION
1176 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10029
» http://www.mountsinai.org
Contact
Virginia Walther
212.241.6866
On-site Services for Pregnant Women
- HIV education
- HIV pre- and post-test counseling for women and their partners
- Case Management
- Specialized prenatal care for HIV+ women
- Mental health counseling
- Psychiatric consultation
- Young Fathers support group
On-site Services for Non-Pregnant Women
- HIV education
- HIV pre- and post-test counseling
- Mental health counseling
- Psychiatric consultation
- Referral for HIV+ women
Additional Programs and Services
- Community outreach program
Facilitating scheduling appointments
Providing escort to appointments
Transportation assistance
HIV education in community settings
- Waiting room health education activities
- HIV pre- and post-test counseling for partners
- Nutritional counseling
- Family planning counseling
- Specialized services for pregnant and parenting teens
- Comprehensive medical and psychosocial services for children and their families affected and infected by HIV including:
Case management
Male caregivers programs
Mental health services
Entitlements and benefits assistance
Important Information
- Every sexually active woman should know her HIV status
- Some women are unaware of the sexual and needle-sharing behaviors of current and previous partners
- Even if you believe that you are not infected, the best way to know for certain is to be tested
- It is especially important for pregnant women, and women thinking about becoming pregnant to be tested for HIV
- An HIV+ woman can pass the virus to her baby during pregnancy
- There is treatment available that can greatly reduce the changes to the baby also becoming infected.
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