County Clinic tries to put Teens on Right Path

Fulton County is opening a neighborhood health clinic to advise 10- to 18-year-olds  and their families on issues such as abstinence, bullying, building healthy relationships and teen parenting.\to

The Neighborhood Union Health Center recently opened the clinic -- every fourth Thursday from 3 p.m. -- 7p.m. to teach courses such as Abstinence Negotiation Skills, Parenting through the “Baby Think It Over "(program that provides real-world view of the demands of parenting), Nutrition, College Readiness, Healthy Relationships and Bullying.

The clinic staff -- nurses, doctors, clinicians, nurse practitioners and educators  also screen for sexually transmitted diseases, offers physicals fo athletes, immunizations, counsling and treatment