Join Sacred Heart Women’s and Children’s Hospital for a special free seminar, “A Girls Night Out: A Mother-Daughter Talk on Adolescent Health,” on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart’s main campusin Pensacola, Fla.

This event is a celebration of womanhood and the mother-daughter bond and is open to all girls in the 6th-9th grades and their mothers or female caregivers. The night will include a series of educational talks, dessert sampling, live entertainment, and vendors from various area businesses.

The talk will include information and discussions on:

• Physical Changes and Your Period – Dr. Gem Ashby, OB/GYN resident
• How to Deal with Mean Girls and Bullies – Nancy Holweger, coordinator for Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Gardasil, the Cervical Cancer Vaccine – Dr. Julie DeCesare, OB/GYN

After the seminar, Sacred Heart OB/GYN physicians will be available to answer personal questions in a closed off area, and the Florida Department of Health will offer free meningitis and tetanus vaccinations, as well as the first Gardasil shot in the three-shot series. Follow-up Gardasil shots will be available at the Florida Department of Health throughout the year, free of charge, for participants whose insurance does not cover the shots.

A limited number of spaces are available, and reservations are required. Registration is free and can be made by calling Sacred Heart at (850) 416-1600.

For more information, please contact Cat Outzen at (850) 969-1372.

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Labels: Daughter, Gardasil, Mother, Vaccination, Women's Services