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State laws impact how decisions are made by state and local education agencies with regard to school curricula and school-based...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary on the 2017...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Jun 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Office of Adolescent Health has released an updated playbook to support their national call to action, Adolescent Health:...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report: Diagnoses of HIV...
May 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding the U.S. Food and Drug...
May 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Coalition for Sexual Health announced that the Health Care Action Group has finalized the Sexual Health and Your...
Apr 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced two funding opportunities aimed at promoting healthy adolescence and...
Apr 25, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), the only national observance highlighting the impact of HIV & AIDS...
Apr 10, 2018 | Kat Kelley
State laws impact how decisions are made by state and local education agencies with regard to school curricula and school-based services offered, including the content and delivery of sexual health education and may vary from general mandates to specific guidelines. As a result, state and local education agencies may have difficulty determining their jurisdiction’s landscape […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary on the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). This report provides the most recent surveillance data on health behaviors and experiences among high school students across the country. This year, CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, […]
This 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...
The U.S. Office of Adolescent Health has released an updated playbook to support their national call to action, Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow® (TAG). TAG seeks to engage professionals, families, and youth to support adolescent health and healthy development. The TAG Playbook is a comprehensive guide that provides a framework for taking action to promote adolescent health. The […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report: Diagnoses of HIV Infection among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States and 6 Dependent Areas 2011–2016. This surveillance supplemental report complements the 2016 HIV Surveillance Report by presenting additional data on persons aged 13–24 years. In this […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety Communication on the potential risk of antiretroviral medication dolutegravir (DTG) associated neural tube birth defects. Read the letter.
The National Coalition for Sexual Health announced that the Health Care Action Group has finalized the Sexual Health and Your Patients: Provider Cards. These three quick-reference pocket cards — one focusing on adults, one on adolescents, and one a combination on both adults & adolescents — allow healthcare providers to access essential sexual health questions and preventive service...
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced two funding opportunities aimed at promoting healthy adolescence and preventing teen pregnancy. Please see the details below. Announcement of Availability of Funds for Phase I Replicating Programs (Tier 1) Effective in the Promotion of Healthy Adolescence and the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy and Associated Risk Factors […]
Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), the only national observance highlighting the impact of HIV & AIDS on young people. In the United States, young people aged 13-24 account for 22% of new HIV diagnoses and nearly half of the 20 million STIs reported each year occur among young people aged 15-24. […]
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