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Prevention Programs

To learn more about Harbor Health’s prevention programs, call (617) 533-2228!

Harbor Health offers health education and community health programs, including free, confidential, and inclusive HIV rapid testing.

Health Education

Health Education Resources

Our prevention team has created at-home family guides for some topics in the Botvin LifeSkills curriculum. These guides will help you have conversations around difficult emotions and topics.

We developed the guides based on the Botvin LifeSkills Middle School Level 1 curriculum.  Level 1 is geared towards 6th -7th grade students.  However, many of the conversations and activities could be appropriate for all ages.

Click the links below for the guides

Coping with Anxiety Family Guide

Coping with Anger Family Guide

Talking about Advertising Family Guide

Violence and the Media Family Guide

Self Image and Self Improvement Family Guide

Have you tried one of our guides? Give us some feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FR5F5RY

Additional Resources:

(Mass.Gov) Coping with Stress And Fear From Covid-19

Talking to children about COVID-19

Support Resources 

About Our Health Education Programs

We offer a variety of health education programs to community partners.

Our community partners include:

  • Public schools
  • After-school programs
  • Youth services programs
  • Colleges and universities

Health education topics:

  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • HIV prevention
  • Substance misuse prevention (Botvin LifeSkills)
  • Violence prevention
  • Consent
  • Healthy cooking and nutrition

Community Health Services

THRIVE Clinics

We offer free, confidential, and inclusive HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health services at the THRIVE Clinic at Harbor Health.

Learn more about services and upcoming clinics

If you need immediate help with a rapid HIV Test, please call our prevention services team at (617) 533-2228 and we will try to help you.  We return voicemail messages within one business day.

Our THRIVE Clinics also support community partners and health events with on-site HIV/Hep C rapid testing and sexual and reproductive health services. Past community partners include recovery services programs, re-entry programs, and veterans organizations.

To talk to the team about coming to your organization or event, please call 617-533-2228.