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Causes: Health, Health (General & Financing)
Mission: St. James Infirmary is a peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families. We exist to provide free, compassionate, and non-judgmental healthcare and social services for Sex Workers (current or former) of all genders and sexual orientations while preventing occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services.
Target demographics: street se workers, homeless, sex workers and immigrants
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1000
Geographic areas served: the tenderloin in San Francisco
Programs: The following is a list of our Primary Care Services. Health maintenance screening (physical exams, blood pressure, cholesterol, weight). Evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions such as asthma, skin conditions, respiratory infections, abdominal pain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, anemia, etc. Reproductive healthcare for all genders, Gynecological and Urological Care. Testing: confidential HIV/STI/TB/Hepatitis Testing & STI Treatments), Pap smears, Breast exams, referrals for ultrasound and mammograms, colposcopies, Testicular exam, Prostate exam, Contraceptive counseling and prescriptions for all genders, free birth control, emergency contraception, IUDs & Depo-Provera, Wound & Abscess Care and Hepatitis A & B Immunizations. Influenza vaccinations.