Prenatal care keeps you and your baby healthy. If you know you're pregnant or think you might be, you can schedule an appointment for prenatal care from the City's hospitals and clinics.

If you are a teenager, you can get sexual health services at a clinic without your parents’ permission or knowledge.

Services are confidential, free or low cost, and open to all. You will be helped regardless of your immigration status.

NYC Health + Hospitals' 11 public hospitals and their clinics offer health screenings at little or no cost.

You can make an appointment to get screened for a range of chronic diseases such as the following:

• Asthma
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• HIV
• Mental Illness

Get information about health screenings.

Learn about paying for health care.

NYC Health + Hospitals facilities and neighborhood health centers offer mammograms for eligible uninsured women at little or no cost.

Women aged 50 to 74 years old should have a mammogram every two years.

Women 40 to 49 and over 74 should talk to their doctor and decide whether to have screening.

You can request an appointment to receive a clinical breast examination and consult with a provider. Mammograms are provided based on the clinical assessment of the patient.

NYC Health + Hospitals offer preventive care and early detection services for all women.

Preventive care includes:

• Screening for cervical cancer
• Cardiac diagnostic tests
• Diabetes screening

If you are 12 or older, you can receive the following from NYC Health + Hospitals:

• Birth control and emergency contraception
• Check-ups and immunizations
• Healthy weight management
• HIV testing
• HPV vaccines
• LGBT care
• Mental health care and depression care
• Pregnancy tests
• Primary care services
• Sexual and reproductive health services
• Sports physicals
• Testing and treatment for STDs

You do not need your parent or guardian’s permission for sexual and reproductive health services. Visits are confidential and you do not need an appointment.