About Wake Teen

At Wake Teen, our primary goal is to provide you with a comprehensive array of low-cost services that include preventive health care, mental health care, nutrition counseling and health education to help improve the quality of your life. We center our services around 3 CORE ACTIONS that we believe are essential to help you transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood – EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE and EMPOWER.

• Wake Teen Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Our Confidentiality Policy

EDUCATE

• To increase your knowledge and understanding about your body and the changes that are occurring as you become an adult
• To improve your decision-making, resulting in overall satisfaction with your health
• To improve health and develop life skills

ENCOURAGE

• To work with your health care team to get the information, resources, services and treatment that you need.
• To make healthy lifestyle choices
• To promote accurate information among friends and family
• To make healthy choices for yourself and to become a self-advocate

EMPOWER

• To become involved in making decisions about your health and well-being.
• To speak up on your behalf in areas that can affect your health to your parents, teachers, peers and health care providers
• To take more responsibility for yourself and your well-being by understanding your diagnosis, treatments, medication names and purposes
• To improve the quality of your life