Media Contact Information:Phone Number: (559) 488 - 4908 x301
Fax Number: (559) 488 - 4940
E-mail: fresnopa@ppmarmonte.org
Counties in this region: Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Tulare
Health Centers in this region: 5
Family First (Fresno county)
Fulton Street (Fresno county)
Madera (Madera county)
Merced (Merced county)
Bakersfield (Kern county)
Client visits in 2005, by county:
| Health Center Visits | Expanded Services* | |
| Fresno |
56,181 |
2,166 |
| Kern |
25,447 |
900 |
| Madera |
11,603 |
314 |
| Merced |
15,811 |
1,900 |
| Tulare |
1,739 | |
| TOTAL |
109,042 |
7,019 |
*Expanded Services Community Partner Site Services Include: Birth Control (including Emergency Contraception), Pregnancy Testing, Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing & treatment referrals, Hepatits B Vaccine, Condoms, Reproductive Health counseling & education.
Provision of Services:
|
Abortion |
Family Planning |
Primary Care |
Pediatric |
Prenatal |
Sterilizations | |
| Fresno |
4% |
82% |
6% |
2% |
5% |
<1% |
| Kern |
0% |
99% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
| Madera |
0% |
90% |
0% |
0% |
10% |
0% |
| Merced |
0% |
98% |
0% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
| Tulare |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| TOTAL |
1% |
92% |
2% |
<1% |
5% |
<1% |
Teen Pregnancy, birthrate per 1,000 15-19 year olds:
|
2004 |
1994 |
% change** |
Rank 2004* |
Rank 1994* | |
| Fresno |
62.8 |
99.4 |
-36.6% |
7 |
4 |
| Inyo |
28.1 |
60.7 |
-32.6% |
29 |
27 |
| Kern |
68.2 |
101.7 |
-33.5% |
3 |
2 |
| Kings |
72.6 |
101.3 |
-28.7% |
2 |
3 |
| Madera |
64.3 |
93.1 |
-28.8% |
5 |
7 |
| Mariposa |
26.2 |
47.2 |
-21% |
40 |
- |
| Merced |
53.8 |
98.9 |
-45.1% |
9 |
5 |
| Mono |
20.6 |
- |
- |
50 |
- |
| Tulare |
74.5 |
104.7 |
-30.2% |
1 |
1 |
| Tuolumne |
24.5 |
- | - |
43 |
- |
**= % increase/decrease between 2004/1994
Data Source: California Department of Health Services Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Section & Center for Research on Adolescent Health & Development (2006)
STD Infection Rates:
|
Chlamydia Rate * |
Gonorrhea Rate* | |
| Fresno |
548.7 |
146.7 |
| Inyo |
118.3 |
32.3 |
| Kern |
509.1 |
158.9 |
| Kings |
440.3 |
85.3 |
| Madera |
429.2 |
89.6 |
| Mariposa |
93.0 |
43.8 |
| Merced |
429.4 |
107.6 |
| Mono |
66.6 |
|
| Tulare |
454.6 |
100.7 |
| Tuolumne |
146.0 |
17.2 |
*Rates per 100,000 population, 2005
Data Source: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/dcdc/STD/datatables.htm
Education & Outreach Program Participants, 2005:
| Education | |
| Fresno |
12,440 |
| Kern |
900 |
| Merced |
15,500 |
History of Planned Parenthood in the Central Valley:
In 1971 a group of volunteers organized and incorporated Planned Parenthood of Fresno, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The first office opened for pregnancy testing & counseling in the First Christian Church at Tuolumne and N Streets in downtown Fresno. In 1972 the organization moved to the College Religious Center across from Fresno State and began offering birth control. In November of ‘72 Planned Parenthood of Fresno rented its first medical office near Fruit & McKinley and added community education services. In 1977 the organization purchased a building at 633 N. Van Ness and relocated its medical & education services. This is the current site of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s Regional Administration and Education offices.In 1983 family planning services were expanded to Merced and the agency changed its name to Planned Parenthood of Central California. In 1985 a clinic was opened in Bakersfield followed by a Madera Clinic in 1986 and a second location in Fresno was established in 1991. In 1995 the second location called the First Street Clinic moved to a new location and expanded to provide primary care services to our clients.
In 1997, Planned Parenthood of Central California merged with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, providing a more stable funding base and greater resources for growth. Today our health and education services division has expanded with the building of the largest Planned Parenthood Health Center in the country located at 650 N. Fulton in downtown Fresno, and the organization has just broken ground to build a new Health Center in Merced to meet the growing demand for quality reproductive health & education services.
Coalition Partners:
- Queer Fresno: http://www.queerfresno.com/
- Gay Fresno: http://www.gayfresno.com/
- Central California Alliance: http://www.ccafresno.org/
- Gay Straight Alliance: http://www.gsanetwork.org/
- Fresno Center for Nonviolence: http://www.centerfornonviolence.org/
- Peace Fresno: http://www.peacefresno.org/
- Community Alliance: http://www.fresnoalliance.com/
- Interfaith Alliance: http://www.interfaithalliance.org/
- Fresno Metro Ministry: http://www.fresnometroministry.org/
- The Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno: http://www.uufresno.org/
