Connections - Health Centers and Hospitals

Connections: Children, Youth and Family Resources

Chapter 8-E

Regular medical checkups are important during teenage years when your body is going through many changes. You may have a family doctor who has been treating you since you were a child. Some other places that provide health care are listed. You might want to talk to people at different places before deciding where to go. Call and ask them about their services. Some questions you might want to ask are:

Do they treat teenagers?
Are they affiliated with any hospitals?
What do they charge for a complete physical exam?
Do you need your parents' consent to be seen by a doctor?
If you would prefer to be seen by a female doctor, do they have one on staff?

Resources

Baltimore County Department of Health - Health Centers
410-887-3740
Located throughout Baltimore County, the centers provide a variety of health services including immunizations, family planning, pregnancy testing and counseling, well child clinics, cancer screening, GYN checkup, weight management, sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment and hypertension screening. Speech, language and hearing testing services available for adults and children. Several serve as young adult clinics providing routine shots for school, basic health examinations, screening and referral for substance abuse and mental health problems, and more. Services at Young Adult clinic are kept confidential and permission of parent or guardian is not needed.

Baltimore County Department of Health - Well Child Clinics
410-887-2507
Complete preventative services, including immunizations, physical exams, testing for anemia, tuberculosis, speech, language and hearing problems, and lead paint poisoning are available at several Baltimore County Health Centers. Feeding advice, child-rearing and development guidance offered. Acute illnesses are not treated.

Baltimore County Public Schools - School-Based Wellness Centers
Office of Health Services
9610 Pulaski Park Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21220
410-887-6368
Established to improve access to primary care for children and adolescents who have no health care provider or who have difficulty getting health care. Provides preventative health care as well as treatment for acute illnesses. Educates school-aged children on positive health behaviors. Services available to students enrolled in Baltimore County public schools where centers are located. Parents or students may contact school nurse for appointment, enrollment/consent forms, information.

Baltimore Medical System, Inc.
Provides internal medicine, pediatrics and family medical care with focus on low-income families. Provides a full range of health services, including routine physicals and checkups, immunizations, preventive health care, treatment for acute illnesses, such as flu, ear infections, sore throats, and ongoing care for diseases such as high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes and many others.

B M S at Middlesex Health Center
1245 Eastern Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21208
410-558-4700
B M S at Annapolis Road
4000 Annapolis Road, Suite 105
Baltimore, Maryland 21227
410-789-8399
B M S at Saint Agnes
900 Caton Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21229
443-703-3200

Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc.
8507 Liberty Road
Randallstown, Maryland 21133
410-496-6441
A non-profit community health center. Offers primary medical care on a non-discriminatory basis, including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) individuals, and anyone facing unequal access to care. Other services include Pediatrics, Women's Health Care, HIV medical care, anonymous HIV counseling and testing, case management and outreach, mental health services, addictions counseling, smoking cessation support groups, in-house pharmacy, nutritional assessments and counseling, STD clinic, and dental services. For uninsured, underinsured, and low-income patients, a sliding scale fee is used for clients with limited income.

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
Offers health services for low income adults on a sliding scale.

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Greater Dundalk
2112 Dundalk Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21222
410-288-4800; 410-338-3713 ( Sliding fee coordinator )
Internal medicine
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at Green Spring Station
2360 West Joppa Road
Lutherville, Maryland 21093
410-847-3535; 410-338-3713 ( Sliding fee coordinator )
Internal medicine, O B and G Y N, and more
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at White Marsh
4924 Campbell Boulevard, Suite 200
White Marsh, Maryland 21236
443-442-2300; 410-338-3713 ( Sliding fee coordinator )
Internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics, and more.

Maryland Community Services Locator
by The Center for Substance Abuse Research CESAR at the University of Maryland, College Park
Find health services located near your home, maps and directions.

Mission of Mercy Mobile Healthcare Clinic
Reisterstown United Methodist Church
246 Main Street
Reisterstown, Maryland 21136
410-833-5870
Provides free medical and dental services and prescription medications to the uninsured working poor, homeless and economically disadvantaged people via a mobile medical clinic. Served twice monthly on Tuesdays. Call for appointment.

211 Maryland at First Call for Help - United Way of Central Maryland
Dial 211 (available to Verizon landline and wireless customers) or 410-685-0525 (Greater Baltimore area); 1-800-492-0618 toll free throughout Maryland
TTY: 410-685-2159 (Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All other hours dial Maryland Relay 711.)
Experienced staff members help callers explore their problems and connects them of the public, nonprofit and private community resources that can help with their situation. This service is free and confidential. Callers may remain anonymous. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Hospitals

Franklin Square Hospital Center
9000 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21237-3998
443-777-7000, TTY: 443-777-7950; Emergency Department: 443-777-7046, TTY: 443-777-7994

Good Samaritan Hospital
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21239
443-444-4000 or 443-444-8000, Emergency Department: 443-444-3830

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC)
6701 North Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21204
443-849-2000; Emergency Room: 443-849-2225
Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Program (S.A.F.E.) Forensic nurses provide care from the Emergency Room to a victim of sexual assault, collects forensic evidence and helps coordinate counseling and support services.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
410-550-0100, TTY:410-550-0316; Emergency Department: 410-550-0350

Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway
Baltimore, Maryland 21205-1890
443-923-9200; 443-923-9400 (Local Referral Number); TTY: 443-923-2645
Specialized rehabilitation and pediatric facility serving children and adolescents with developmental disabilities from 0-21 years of age. Diagnostic treatment programs focus on learning disabilities, head and spinal cord injuries, birth defects, severe behavior disturbances, genetic disorders, Down Syndrome, feeding and swallowing disorders, and other neurological diseases. Outpatient clinics include infant and child developmental disorders, Learning Disability Center, behavior management, autism, communications disorders, neurological disorders, movement disorders, lead poisoning prevention, and rehabilitation.

Northwest Hospital Center
5401 Old Court Road
Randallstown, Maryland 21133
410-521-2200, TTY: 410-521-2531

Saint Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21229-5299
410-368-6000; Emergency Care: 410-368-2000; TTY: 410-368-2001

Saint Joseph Medical Center
7601 Osler Drive
Towson, Maryland 21204
410-337-1000, TTY: 410-337-1671; Emergency Department: 410-337-1226
Psychiatric consultants provide emergency psychiatric evaluations in the Emergency Department. For information call 410-337-1580.

Sheppard Pratt Health System
6501 North Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21285-6815
410-938-3800 or 410-938-3000; Therapy Referral Service: 410-938-5000 or 410-938-3800 after hours; TTY: 410-938-3075
An Urgent assessment can be arranged by the Admissions office at 410-938-3800. Therapy Referral Service (TRS) is a free, confidential telephone service that will provide referral information for programs and locations within the Sheppard Pratt System in addition to other community mental health resources. TRS is not a counseling hotline.

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215-5271
410-601-9000, TTY: 410-601-4900; Emergency Center: 410-601-8800, TTY: 410-601-5247
Patients identified as needing emergency psychiatric evaluation are assessed and referred to the appropriate level of care.

Spring Grove Hospital Center
55 Wade Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
410-402-6000; Admissions Office ( 24-hour ): 410-402-7398
436-bed complex that provides inpatient psychiatric services to adults and adolescents, as well as residential psychiatric services to adults. Medical and Psychiatric prescreening by a physician in a local emergency room or community mental health center is required.

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