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Prioritizing the Health of MSM: Extragenital STD Screening Call-to-Action
The National Coalition of STD Directors’ Gay Men’s Health Equity Work Group developed a Call-to-Action and supplemental...
Oct 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Just Launched: STD Program Evaluation Tools & Trainings (STD PETT)
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Coalition of STD Directors, Cardea Services,...
Oct 02, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Webinar Series: Culturally Responsive Health Care for LGBTQ Communities
Culturally responsive health care – patient-centered care that considers social and cultural factors – is an important element in...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Commentary: CDC’s 2016 STD Surveillance Report
Increasing STD rates highlight the need to work together, commit to doing what we know works, and develop new tools and approaches to...
Sep 26, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss
CDC: 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) Results
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released district-level findings from the 2016 School Health Policies and...
Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
LHD Spotlight: Using Smartphones in STD Interviews
Smartphone applications are increasingly being used to facilitate casual sexual relationships, increasing the risk of sexually...
Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR: Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students —...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data that further solidifies the connection between student...
Sep 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Gilead Sciences Donates $1 Million in Funding to Help HIV Organizations Impacted by...
The below content was originally published via a press release from AIDS United. A $1 million fund to help HIV organizations impacted...
Sep 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Sep 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Prioritizing the Health of MSM: Extragenital STD Screening Call-to-ActionThe National Coalition of STD Directors’ Gay Men’s Health Equity Work Group developed a Call-to-Action and supplemental infographics encouraging improved STD screening of men who have sex with men (MSM), specifically of the throat and rectum. Per the executive summary: Though many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain undiagnosed and unreported, 2016 was the third consecutive... Oct 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Just Launched: STD Program Evaluation Tools & Trainings (STD PETT)With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Coalition of STD Directors, Cardea Services, Texas Health Institute, and the National Network of Public Health Institutes have developed and launched STD Program Evaluation Tools and Trainings (STD PETT) a collection of six online training modules and 21 downloadable resources providing step-by-step guidance to... Oct 02, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Webinar Series: Culturally Responsive Health Care for LGBTQ CommunitiesCulturally responsive health care – patient-centered care that considers social and cultural factors – is an important element in preventing and treating HIV, reducing health disparities within LGBTQ communities, and contributing to collective efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To help health care staff incorporate cultural responsiveness when working with LGBTQ communities, the Primary Care... Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Commentary: CDC’s 2016 STD Surveillance ReportIncreasing STD rates highlight the need to work together, commit to doing what we know works, and develop new tools and approaches to address persistent challenges and emerging threats. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report, 2016. For a third year in a row, rates […] Sep 26, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss |
CDC: 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) ResultsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released district-level findings from the 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) on the Healthy Youth Web site. SHPPS is a national study periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices. These new district-level data suggest that while improvements are being made in practices around […] Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
LHD Spotlight: Using Smartphones in STD InterviewsSmartphone applications are increasingly being used to facilitate casual sexual relationships, increasing the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Recognizing this, the Monroe County (NY) Health Department (MCHD) conducted a study to explore how traditional contact elicitation methods can be enhanced with smartphone technology during field interviews in STD investigations. Through this... Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
MMWR: Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students — United States, 2015The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data that further solidifies the connection between student health and academic performance. As millions of students across the nation head back to school, it is important to understand that the academic success of America’s youth is strongly linked with their health. The data published […] Sep 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Gilead Sciences Donates $1 Million in Funding to Help HIV Organizations Impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and IrmaThe below content was originally published via a press release from AIDS United. A $1 million fund to help HIV organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma was announced today at the opening of the 21st annual U.S. Conference on AIDS in Washington, DC. The $1 million is being donated by Gilead Sciences. The announcement […] Sep 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders... Sep 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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