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Health Resource Center

The Health Resource Center (HRC) is a collaboration between the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Public Schools. It brings comprehensive sexual health education, in-school health counseling, referrals, and community health care resources to high school students.  

The HRC team delivers substance use/misuse workshops using the Life Skills Curriculum. It focuses on preventing smoking and drug use, and provides students with 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 HRC team has developed and implemented a public health equity curriculum, aiming to inform students about health inequities in our communities, and what can be done to address these issues.

About Us

HRC 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

Marc Cosby

mcosby@bphc.org

Jazmine Shorter

jshorter@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

Heather Kough

hkough@bphc.org​ 

English High School

144 McBride St.

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 

Marc Cosby

mcosby@bphc.org

Jazmine Shorter

jshorter@bphc.org 

Excel High School

95 G St.

South Boston, MA 02127

​Makensy Nicolas

MNicolas@bphc.org

Heather Kough

hkough@bphc.org​ 

Fenway High School

67 Alleghany St.

Boston, MA 02120

Royal Nunes

RNunes@bphc.org

Christina Bossa

cbossa@bphc.org 

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