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Culver City Youth Health Center
4401 Elenda St. • Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 842-4328

The Culver City Youth Health Center provides comprehensive health services to youth residing or attending school in Culver City.  Children up to 19 years of age can make appointments for:
• Medical Care (including physical exams, school entry exams, immunizations, and lab tests)
• Group and Individual Counseling
• Health Education

With the exception of medical emergencies, or report of abusive situations, all services provided to middle and high school-ages students 12 and over are confidential.

The Health Center is making a special effort to provide care at no charge to youth whose families are without medical insurance.  (Please see the Healthy Families home page at http://healthyfamilies.ca.gov/ ) Insured students may also receive services, but a donation will be requested to defer the overall cost of care and a referral may be given.

You are encouraged to enroll your child at the Health Center, stop by or call the Center for a parental consent form.  If you received a consent form in the mail please return it as soon as possible.  We are updating our records and this information is important.  Please expect a call during the year to verify your signature on your child’s form.

The Health Center is located on the High School grounds and is open weekdays, through summer school, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Please feel free to call at (310) 842-4328 with any questions.  Stop in and meet the staff at your convenience.     

SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS -- PTA believes that access to quality health care is essential to sound health practices and recognizes that adolescents as a group are the most under-served population in terms of health care. School-based health centers give young people access they might otherwise not have to this essential health care. PTA believes that local community support is the key to the success of any school-based health center and that parent and student involvement should be a major part of the planning. Reference "School-Based Health Centers" position statement in the California State PTA GUIDEBOOK.
                                                                                                              

HEALTHY FAMILIES INITIATIVE

 AB 1126 establishes the "Healthy Families" program to provide health coverage to 580,000 low-income, uninsured children.

The program will function as follows:

Administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB).
Utilize a purchasing pool model to provide children with health, dental, and vision benefits. Require contracts to be negotiated with participating health, vision, and dental plans to provide these benefits.

Provide a purchasing credit mechanism to help pay for employer-based coverage for dependents. Require employers to contribute toward the cost of dependent coverage as a condition for using the purchasing credit.

Provide health coverage to uninsured children age 1-19, not eligible for full scope, no-share-of-cost Medi-Cal, in families with income up to 200% of the federal poverty level.

Prevent co-payments for preventive services.

The program will ensure the participation of traditional and safety net health care providers as follows:

Ensure that participating plans have signed contracts with traditional and safety net providers. Give priority to plans that contract with providers in the neighborhoods where uninsured  live. Provide a discount on the monthly family contribution for the participating plan doing the best job including traditional and safety net providers.

The plan requires SDHS to conduct a community outreach and education campaign to assist in notifying families of the availability of coverage. The program will use a simple, easy to understand mail-in application process and provide subscribers with 12 months of continuous eligibility.

The monthly family premiums for the lowest cost plans are as follows. Families who pre-pay three months of premiums get the fourth month free.

Federal Poverty Level                     Premium

                                          Per Child      Per Family (max)

100%-150%                              $7         $14
151%-200%                              $9         $27

HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- PTA understands the importance of good health to a child's quality of life. PTA believes that all children, youth and pregnant women are equally entitled to appropriate, confidential and timely health care. PTA recognizes that basic preventive health care can prevent permanent disability or lengthy remediation and supports efforts to provide equal access to quality, affordable, basic preventive health care for all children, youth and pregnant women. Reference "Health Care Access for Children, Youth and Pregnant Women" position statement in the California State PTA GUIDEBOOK.

E-mail: capta@capta.org                                                                 

El Centro de Salud Juvenil de la Ciudad de Culver proporciona amplios servicios medicos a jóvenes residiendo o atendiendo en alguna escuela de la ciudad de Culver. Niños de 6 meses hasta le edad de 19 años pueden hacer citas para:

From the Department of Health Services
Health Alert

NEW LAW FOR 7TH GRADE ENTRY

 Effective July 1, 1999, the hepatitis B immunizations are required by the state of California for 7th grade entry.   This is a series of 3 injections.

Hepatitis B is a serious infection that can hurt the liver and cause serious illness or death.  Each year, 200,000 people become infected with the virus.   Between 4,000-5,000 people die each year from the effects of the disease.  The immunization is now being required due to the increase in hepatitis B infections in young people, ages 15-35.  It is 100 times more infectious than HIV. The virus is spread through blood and body fluids of an infected person such as: 

1. having sex with an infected person
2. by being stuck with a used needle
3. by sharing personal items, such as a razor or toothbrush
4. using unsanitary instruments in body piercing and tattooing

The series has been required for entry to kindergarten for the past two years.

We are very fortunate to be living at a time when there are immunizations to prevent diseases that can have serious complications. Polio is almost eradicated from the world. Now there are vaccines to prevent measles and chicken pox.

Currently, our state legislators are considering laws requiring a second measles vaccine and varicella which prevents chicken pox for school entry. The department of health services is also recommending a TD booster for 12 year olds. This too may become law within the year.

Please check with your child's doctor or call me if you have any questions.

Sandy Segal, RN, PHN, BSN
District School Nurse
Culver City Unified School District