Yes, we do see men! Take care of YOUR reproductive health - Become a Greene County Family Planning Client: Male Initial Visit..
What a male initial visit is and what to expect.
    
Greene County Family Planning is pleased to offer services to men. Many men, especially those without insurance, do not have an annual physical. The male initial visit may be the first visit to our department or a man may have been here for HIV or sexually transmitted infection testing and found out that he could have a complete physical examination.
Please come to your appointment 30 minutes before your appointment time.
If you have insurance please bring your card and your co-pay.
If you do not have any insurance including Medicaid please click on the following link which gives information about the Family Planning Benefit Program- a confidential Medicaid program. This program does have income requirements but eligibility is based only on the individual’s income not family income. Click here for more information on the Family Planning Benefit Program.
Make sure you tell us a way for us to contact you. It can be a cell phone or someone else’s cell phone if that is more convenient for you. Mail is also acceptable.
Please bring a list of all medications including any herbal products you might use.
Our male services follow the guidelines put forth in the January 2001 Program Guidelines for Project Grants for Family Planning Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs, Office of Family Planning. The guidelines are as follows:
“Family planning clinics also may be an important source of reproductive health care for male clients. Physical examination should be made available to male clients, including height and weight, examination of the thyroid, heart, lungs, breasts, abdomen, extremities, genitals and rectum.
Examination should also include palpation of the prostate, as appropriate, and instructions in self-examination of the testes.
Clinics should stress the importance of the following to male clients:
- Blood pressure evaluation;
- Colo-rectal cancer screening in individuals over 40; and
- STD and HIV screening, as indicated.”
For more information about HIV Counseling and testing and STD testing and treatment click on the links below:
Clients will be provided information and counseled on issues of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and offered information on local resources appropriate to issue.
Other counseling is offered including but not limited to domestic violence issues, child abuse, sexual assault, depression or suicidal feelings, obesity, nutrition and exercise.
Referrals to the appropriate physician of client’s choice will be made for abnormalities.
    
Check out the following websites for more information about the sexual health of men:
General Information about male health:
General inforamtion about male sexual health:
the male reproductive system: an interactive diagram and a clickable list of health topics "Get to Know Your Body".
Facts About testicular Cancer.
Facts About Prostate Cancer.
Facts About Male Breast Cancer:
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