Winslow Health Center

Winslow Health Center provides high quality, accessible, cost effective, nonjudgmental, and confidential health care for Allegheny students. We embrace a culture of safety, courtesy, respect and dignity at each encounter with students. Our staff provides continuity of care, and educational and preventative services to all students regardless of differences or similarities in aspects of our identities.

Medical Services:

  • Illness/injury care and follow-up
  • Diagnostic laboratory testing (in-house and off-site, using patient’s insurance)
  • Health promotion counseling
  • Allergy injections (students provide own serum)
  • Minor surgical procedures
  • Suture removals and dressing changes
  • Flu vaccine clinics
  • Referral to community health care providers and services
  • Equipment to lend ( crutches, nebulizers, etc.)
  • Free walk-in self care cold clinic
  • At no charge, and as a convenience, we stock a variety of over-the-counter and commonly prescribed medications, first aid supplies, thermometers, sharps containers, “care packages” of ginger ale, soup, crackers, applesauce, etc., flu tests, strep tests, urine tests, TB tests.

Reproductive Health Care:

  • HIV testing(patient may use insurance or pay cash)
  • Diagnosis, treatment, and referrals for treatment of sexually transmitted infections
  • Free urine pregnancy tests
  • Condoms and dental dams at nominal cost, link to convenient ordering form to be added soon
  • Treatment of urinary tract infections
  • Options counseling for emergency contraception and unplanned pregnancy
  • Consultations regarding reproductive health concerns
  • Collaborative agreement with Family Planning of Meadville to provide economical annual gynecological exams and contraception
  • Support services for survivors of sexual assault

Educational Services:

  • Programs on a variety of health concerns
  • Pamphlets
  • Books and resources to borrow

Insurance:

  • Link to Bollinger student insurance: (note: there is $1000 of outpatient coverage for testing, etc.):
  • Assistance with navigating private insurance coverage
  • Assistance with Varsity Sports insurance coverage

Confidentiality:

All visits to the Winslow Health Center are confidential. If students wish to have medical information disclosed to another person/entity, a signed consent must be filed.