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Health Resource Center

The Health Resource Center is a collaboration between the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Public Schools. The Center provides comprehensive sexual health education and in-school health counseling. The Center also gives referrals and community healthcare resources to high school students.  

We deliver substance use/misuse workshops using the Life Skills Curriculum. It focuses on preventing smoking and drug use. It provides students with the skills to make informed decisions.

Health educators also discuss youth depression and suicide, stress, and anger management. They use the Break-free From Depression curriculum developed by Children's Hospital. Most recently the Health Resource Center team has developed and implemented a public health equity curriculum. It aims to inform students about health inequities in our communities. The focus is on what can be done to address these issues.

About Us

Vision: Youth are the experts on their health and are supported in their homes, schools, and communities to eliminate health inequities.   

Mission: The Health Resouces Center aims to empower Boston youth to make healthy and responsible choices. We provide health education, counseling, and resources to help youth become advocates for their own health. By working with schools, families, and community members, we strengthen our efforts to support youth. 

Health Resource Center health educators deliver the evidence-based Rights, Respect, Responsibility (3R’s) Sexual Health Curriculum to youth.

They cover topics such as:

  • Healthy decision making
  • Healthy relationships
  • Sexual health
  • STI prevention
  • HIV
  • Unplanned pregnancy
  • Youth struggling with their sexual identity or gender

Health Resource Centers

Center Contact
Another Course to College

612 Metropolitan Ave.

Hyde Park, MA 02136

NeÏssa Ambroise

nambroise@bphc.org 

Leo Guerrero

lguerrero@bphc.org

Boston Arts Academy

11 Charles St.

Dorchester, MA 02122

Royal Nunes

RNunes@bphc.org

Christina Bossa

cbossa@bphc.org 

​Community Academy of Science and Health

11 Charles St.

Dorchester, MA 02122

​Makensy Nicolas

MNicolas@bphc.org

Kelly Exilus

kexilus@bphc.org

English High School

144 McBride St.

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 

NeÏssa Ambroise

nambroise@bphc.org 

Leo Guerrero

lguerrero@bphc.org 

Excel High School

95 G St.

South Boston, MA 02127

​Makensy Nicolas

MNicolas@bphc.org

Kelly Exilus

kexilus@bphc.org

Fenway High School

67 Alleghany St.

Boston, MA 02120

Royal Nunes

RNunes@bphc.org

Christina Bossa

cbossa@bphc.org 

Margarita Muñiz Academy

20 Child St.

Boston, MA 02130

Royal Nunes

RNunes@bphc.org

Christina Bossa

cbossa@bphc.org 

History

The Health Resource Center is rooted in meeting the needs of youth in Boston. In 2010, a group of youth were supported by the Hyde Square Task Force to create a documentary on youth experiences and thoughts about health education. This highlighted a need for in-school sexual health education and access to services. The documentary caught the attention of Boston’s City Council, which advocated for the creation of an in-school sexual health education program. That program became the Health Resource Center. The Health Resource Center has been serving Boston's public high schools for 13 years. It teaches various topics related to youth, including sexual health and public health. The Center also covers health equity, mental health awareness, and substance use education. 

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