Adams County debuts sexual health mobile unit

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Adams County Health Department Nurses celebrated Nurses Week by rolling out a new mobile unit to test for sexually transmitted diseases, prevention and treatment.

“Since the separation from TriCounty Health Department, we are building the whole department and programs from scratch, said Michelle Wilson, Adams County Health Department Harm Reduction Department public nurse.

“We are now in the position to see what will work and will not work, and we hired Ellen Velez, the Harm Reduction associate manager, and have hired more sta .”

Wilson said they are purchasing a mobile unit to conduct sexually transmitted disease testing going from place to place in Adams County four times a week. e mobile unit will travel between Brighton and Federal Heights and will be free of charge

“With the mobile unit, we’ll be able to exchange syringes, give out clean needles, o er education and do testing for (sexually transmitted infections) and HIV, and hepatitis C. We can also discuss if people are interested in getting into treatment,” Wilson said.