BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) medical students will conduct free health screenings for disadvantaged women Monday, Nov. 2. The screenings, organized by the medical student-volunteer group Equal Access Birmingham, will include gynecological exams, Pap smears and testing for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. General information on women's health also will be presented.

Women will be seen at the M-Power Clinic, 4022 Fourth Ave. South, at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. that day. Appointments are required and can be made by calling 205-821-9069 or 205-370-7939.

UAB School of Medicine faculty physicians will oversee the medical students of Equal Access Birmingham who will provide these essential services to women without insurance or resources for medical care and for whom access to health care is limited.

About Equal Access Birmingham

Equal Access Birmingham staffs a free clinic at M-Power Ministries every Wednesday evening for the under-served in the community, and they conduct local health fairs, screenings, education courses and specialty clinics. Equal Access Birmingham also reaches out raise community awareness of the local health-care gap by partnering with local businesses, holding public fundraisers and participating in advocacy events.

About the UAB School of Medicine

Located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of the South's premier research universities, the School of Medicine is dedicated to the education of physicians and scientists in all of the disciplines of medicine and biomedical investigation. This "institution without walls" has grown from one initial building to a vast university and medical complex comprising more than 80 city blocks. A long tradition of interdisciplinary research has ensured that the School of Medicine consistently ranks among the leading recipients of National Institutes of Health funding in the Southeast.