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2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report
Last week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
FDA Proposes Exciting Changes to the Female Condom
On Worlds AIDS Day (December 1), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it proposes to not only reclassify the...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Sign Up: NCSD’s 2018 Policy Academy
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has launched The Policy Academy to teach public employees —especially those working in...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and...
Combatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness...
Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris
Recordings Available: Webinar Series – Culturally Responsive Health Care for LGBTQ...
In early November, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) led a free webinar series to help healthcare staff incorporate cultural...
Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
National HIV Curriculum: New Module on Co-Occurring Conditions
The AIDS Education & Training Center Program has released “Module 4: Co-Occurring Conditions” of the National HIV...
Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases 2016 School Health Profiles Results
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the 2016...
Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Resources on STD Treatment Guidelines
The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) is a CDC-funded group of training centers created in...
Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End ReportLast week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report. The report offers an analysis of every state-level bill introduced in 2017 that relates to either advancing or restricting school-based sexuality education—including those focused on sexual violence prevention education. In 2017, 64 related bills […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4This 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... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
FDA Proposes Exciting Changes to the Female CondomOn Worlds AIDS Day (December 1), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it proposes to not only reclassify the female condom from a Class III to a Class II medical device, but to also de-gender the device through renaming it the “single-use internal condom.” The proposed order also calls for expanding the indication […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Sign Up: NCSD’s 2018 Policy AcademyThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has launched The Policy Academy to teach public employees —especially those working in the fields of STDs, HIV, and sexual health — and their partners how to safely engage in policy and educate policymakers. The program helps participants gain the skills to use policy to address public health problems. […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and PartnershipsCombatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and to mourn as well as celebrate the lives of those who have died from this disease. While we observe 29 years […] Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris |
Recordings Available: Webinar Series – Culturally Responsive Health Care for LGBTQ CommunitiesIn early November, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) led a free webinar series to help healthcare staff incorporate cultural responsiveness when working with LGBTQ communities. The three-part series is novel for its comprehensive “virtual” approach, with live interactive panel presentations on practical strategies for more inclusive care. The webinars — “Culturally Responsive Health... Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
National HIV Curriculum: New Module on Co-Occurring ConditionsThe AIDS Education & Training Center Program has released “Module 4: Co-Occurring Conditions” of the National HIV Curriculum. AETC, in partnership with the University of Washington, produced the National HIV Curriculum with support from the Health Resources and Service Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau The module provides evidence-based recommendations for the evaluation and... Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases 2016 School Health Profiles ResultsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the 2016 School Health Profiles (Profiles) results on the DASH Healthy Youth website. The School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories. Profiles surveys are... Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Resources on STD Treatment GuidelinesThe National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) is a CDC-funded group of training centers created in partnership with health departments and universities. The training centers are dedicated to increasing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the areas of sexual health, and NNPTC provides health professionals with a spectrum of state-of-the-art educational... Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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