San Ysidro Health Teen Clinic

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San Ysidro Health Teen Clinic on Chula Vista's Third Avenue provides confidential reproductive and sexual health services to patients ages 12 through 29 as part of San Ysidro Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center established in 1969. Clinical services span STI screening, birth control counseling, HIV rapid testing, and substance-use referrals, coordinating behavioral health needs through community partners such as South Bay Guidance Center when adolescent cases require specialized intervention. Bilingual staff deliver all consultations in English and Spanish, reflecting the demographic composition of western Chula Vista's 91911 corridor and the broader South Bay population served by San Ysidro Health's 50-site network across San Diego County. The clinic operates under the federal Patient Centered Medical Home model and maintains Federal Tort Claims Act deemed status, extending Public Health Service malpractice coverage to all clinical encounters. Patients needing acute medical attention beyond the scope of reproductive health are triaged to San Ysidro Health Urgent Care, keeping care coordination within the same integrated FQHC system. The clinic's diagnostic scope includes CLIA-waived rapid HIV antibody testing, urine-based nucleic acid amplification testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea detection, and emergency contraception dispensing under standing clinical protocols.