Profamilia Joven

Profamilia Joven promotes and defends the sexual and reproductive rights of young people while respecting their privacy.

In order to offer social projects directed to the youth and adolescent populations as vulnerable populations having specific service needs, Profamilia created Profamila Joven. This program offers comprehensive attention that provides information, orientation and education in sexual and reproductive health, as well as products and medical services for this specific population.

Sexuality education

For Profamilia Joven, information and education must go hand in hand with health services. That’s why we offer participatory and engaging educational activities on themes such as sexuality and sexual and reproductive health geared towards young people, parents, teachers, health professionals, businesses, schools and universities.

The demand for medical services in sexual and reproductive health by adolescents is not spontaneous. Therefore, and with the desire to motivate demand of medical services, it’s imperative to encourage personalized counseling services for young people. That enables us to answer in a private and confidential manner the questions that they might have about their sexual and reproductive health. With this strategy we hope that young people will decide on their own free will to take advantage of our medical services and to take responsibility for their own health.

Youth Centers and Programs for Youth

The Youth Center, an exclusive area for adolescents, independent from the adult centers, has medical, educational and administrative personnel dedicated to meet the specific needs that young people have concerning their sexual and reproductive health.

The Program for Youth, an independent area for youth within the regular Profamilia centers, while sharing medical and administrative personnel with personnel who work with the adult population, also has professionals charged with serving the requests of young people.

Services:

Personalized counseling in:

• Sexuality
• Contraceptive methods, including emergency contraception
• Sexual diversity
• Pregnancy and prevention of unplanned pregnancies
• Sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV/AIDS
• Sexual and reproductive rights
• Domestic and couples violence
• Sexual violence
• Pregnancy tests and counseling

Medical consultations:

• Contraception
• General medicine
• Gynecology
• Urology
• Prenatal care
• Psychological counseling
• Sexology

Diagnostic exams:

• Specialized clinical laboratory exams
  
• Hormonal studies
  
• HIV tests (Elisa)
  
• Pregnancy tests (urine)
  
• Pregnancy tests (blood)
  
• Vaginal Pap smears
  
• Colposcopies
  
• Penoscopies
• Ultrasounds
• Breast exams
• Radiology
• Electrocardiograms

Other services

• Web page: www.profamiliajoven.org.co
  
• Toll free information line (Colombia) 01 8000 1 10 900
  
• Library in Bogotá

Programs:

Youth peer educators

These are groups of youth volunteers between 13 and 21 years of age who Profamilia Joven trains on sexual and reproductive health issues, always with a focus on equality between women and men and respect for sexual and reproductive rights.

Their work is focused on community outreach, working with un-schooled populations as well as with neighborhood communities, schools and groups of friends.

Youth peer educators:  

Are a permanent support for Profamila Joven in educational, political and social spaces.  

Are agents of transformation for communities.

Generate and facilitate communication channels among young people to broach the topic of sexuality. Permanently support the services offered by Profamilia and our Youth Centers.

At school

The high number of pregnant teens in educational institutions and the questions that young people have regarding sexual and reproductive health are factors that have made Profamilia decide to go to the schools and provide counseling to students, teachers and parents.

Sexual and reproductive health services that Profamilia offers in the schools include:

Group educational activities

Workshops and trainings by Profamilia professionals providing answers to questions that students might have about sexual and reproductive health.

Individual or group counseling  

Adolescents and young people can approach Profamilia professionals, whether individually or in small groups to resolve any doubts that they may have or to receive counseling.

Medical services  

Profamilia also offers medical services to students after they have participated in some form of counseling mentioned above and if they feel the need to speak with or consult a doctor. 

The programs that Profamilia develops for each school is unique and exclusive, designed according to the interests, needs and expectations of all members of the school – directors, teachers, students and parents.

APOYO Program

APOYO seeks to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS among Colombian youth through timely information and education and access to services and products so that adolescents are better informed and voluntarily decide to postpone sexual activity.

Beneficiaries of the APOYO Program receive the following services:

Educational activities

Group informational chats on themes such as:  

Sexuality and adolescence  

Being parents today  

Sexual and reproductive rights  

Dual protection

Condom use  

Self-care for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS 

Personalized counseling  

Medical services 

General medicine (including medicine)  

Gynecology /urology  

Family planning including a year’s supply of temporary contraception methods (condoms, injectables or pills).  

Diagnostic exams  

Laboratory exams (blood, glycemia, creatine and total cholesterol) and vaginal pap smears.

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