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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides a...
Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Cardea is offering a free online continuing education opportunity on “HIV Care and Sexual Health Assessment for American Indian...
Public Health Reports (PHR), a peer-reviewed journal of public health research and practice and the official journal of the Office of...
The National Coalition for Sexual Health released a new compendium designed to help primary care and other healthcare providers...
Oct 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of...
Oct 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2017 report, which...
Sep 25, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO recently hosted a webinar about the experiences of two local health departments – Florida Department of Health in Pinellas...
Sep 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Marissa Abbott, MPH and Steve Wirtz, PhD, California Department of Public Health The California Essentials for Childhood (EfC)...
Sep 20, 2018 | NacchoVoice
As a follow-up to the 2018 National STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a...
Sep 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides a comprehensive system of HIV care and treatment services to people living with HIV (PLWH) who are uninsured and underserved. In 2016, 84.9 percent of RWHAP clients receiving HIV medical care were virally suppressed. HRSA HAB knows that many […]
Cardea is offering a free online continuing education opportunity on “HIV Care and Sexual Health Assessment for American Indian and Alaska Native Patients.” The course features four modules: Module 1: Culturally Proficient Sexual Health Care for People of all Genders and Sexual Orientations Module 2: Sexual Health Assessment Module 3: Talking with Patients about HIV […]
Public Health Reports (PHR), a peer-reviewed journal of public health research and practice and the official journal of the Office of the Surgeon General and US Public Health Service, is inviting submissions for a supplement on policy approaches to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and incidence of HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) […]
The National Coalition for Sexual Health released a new compendium designed to help primary care and other healthcare providers improve their clinical skills and the delivery of sexual health services for a range of patient populations (e.g., adolescents, LGBT and gender nonconforming people, older adults, people with disabilities). The compendium provides practical, open access, evidence-based...
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of sexual health care, despite high rates of STIs and sexual abuse, an ethical and public health failure New York, NY (October 15, 2018) — In October 2017, leading organizations working on juvenile justice, adolescent sexual health policy, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2017 report, which shows that rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased for the fourth consecutive year, with gonorrhea and syphilis rates being the highest since the early 1990s. Further, new data show that congenital syphilis cases have more than […]
NACCHO recently hosted a webinar about the experiences of two local health departments – Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County and Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County – in engaging with school districts and other key community stakeholders through a year-long action planning process to implement school-based HIV and STD prevention programs. Through […]
By Marissa Abbott, MPH and Steve Wirtz, PhD, California Department of Public Health The California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative launched a new set of child adversity and resilience data indicators on Kidsdata.org. Furthermore, the initiative created state and local dashboards to bring together sources of data that represent a broader set of life experiences than […]
As a follow-up to the 2018 National STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a “Dear Colleague” letter summarizing the conference’s key highlights. If you were unable to attend the conference, read the summary to see what you missed!
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