prideHealth

The prideHealth program provides safe and accessible primary health care services to people from our communities who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI). By meeting people in community locations and places safe for them, we hope to establish relationships and build trust as a means to improve the health of our community.

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"It Gets Better" Premiere

Celebrating stories of GLBTIQ staff success and happiness, PrideHealth and the IWK have added their "It Gets Better" video  to the international movement against bullying on YouTube.

Transgender Health Care

  • Supportive counselling and referrals for mental health counselling.
  • Education about transgender issues.
  • Preliminary hormone evaluation.
  • Help with hormone injections.
  • Formal hormone and GID assessment referrals and follow up. 

Sexual Health

  • Onsite anonymous HIV testing.
  • Sexual health education.
  • Short term supportive counselling.
  • Onsite STI and Hepatitis C testing.
  • Sexual health testing referrals.

Mental Health

  • Supportive counselling.
  • Mental health education and awareness.
  • Sexual orientation or gender identity issues.
  • Transgender issues.
  • Family issues.
  • Work or personal problems related to coming out.
  • Long term counselling referrals.
  • Homophobia or transphobia support.

Addiction Prevention and Referrals

  • Emotional supportive counselling for addiction concerns.
  • Addiction education and awareness.
  • Referrals to safe providers for formal addiction treatment.

Health and Wellness

  • Health promotion education and awareness. 
  • Wellness and lifestyle counselling.
  • Healthy eating, nutrition management, exercise planning.
  • Safe and specialized Your Way To Wellness programming for our community.
  • Chronic disease management assistance.
  • Referrals to safe health care providers.

Education and Training

  • Understanding the GLBTI and all the other letters of the rainbow alphabet.
  • Individualized and group training for professionals working with GLBTI community.
  • Understanding language and learning more about providing safer and inclusive environments for this community.
  • Cultural competence training for health care professionals.

prideHealth Services in Your Community

We offer prideHealth in collaboration with the IWK Health Centre.

Contact

For more information or to consult on issues related to sexual orientation or gender identity please contact Cybelle Rieber, prideHealth coordinator at cybelle.rieber@cdha.nshealth.ca or (902) 473-1433.

To schedule an appointment please contact Anita Keeping, clinical nurse specialist at anita.keeping@cdha.nshealth.ca or (902) 220-0643.

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