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A New Approach to Sexual History Taking: A Video Series

This video series showcases six healthcare providers discussing the importance of taking a comprehensive sexual health history and introduces a new 6th P created by the National Coalition for Sexual Health that addresses pleasure, problems, and pride. The 6th P builds upon CDC's 5 Ps approach that asks patients about 1) Partners 2) Practices 3) Past History of STIs 4) Protection, and 5) Pregnancy. Specifically, the 6th P (or “Plus”) explores sexual satisfaction, functioning, concerns, and support for one's sexual orientation.

National Internet Partner Services (NIPS) Workgroup Quarterly Calls

CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, Using Technology to Advance STI Prevention (UTASP) Group, and the National Coalition of STD Directors are partnering to host the National Internet Partner Services (NIPS) Workgroup quarterly calls for technology-based partner services.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing: More Than Just Genitals

Are you having oral and/or anal sex? If so, you might need to get an STI test in your throat or butt. It’s quick and easy. This new fact sheet describes who should get tested, why get tested, what to expect, and tips for talking with your provider.

How to talk about STDs - Using STD Videos to Model Communication

Teaching sexual communication skills is an important component of sex education. Without the ability to communicate about sexual health, young people are not able to make and follow through on healthy decisions and may be put at risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Classroom settings are limited in their ability to illustrate what healthy communication between partners looks like in real-life situations.

NCSH Quarterly Social Media Campaign Part One: Telehealth for Sexual Health

This is the 27th NCSH quarterly social media campaign, which includes sample sexual health content that you can use and/or adapt for your digital and social media channels. We hope you will share this campaign with social media staff within your organization. We have formatted this content for Twitter, but it can be adapted for Facebook as well. Our theme for this campaign is telehealth for sexual health. It includes tweets relating to telehealth for sexual health care generally, and telehealth for birth control, HIV prevention and care, and STI care.

National Coalition for Sexual Health: Shareable Graphics

These colorful graphics provide easy-to-digest information on a variety of sexual health topics which you can share via social media, including instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan for the United States: 2021–2025

This is a five-year plan that aims to reverse the recent dramatic rise in STIs in the United States. The STI Plan sets a vision as well as goals, objectives, and strategies to respond to this STI epidemic.

Sexual Health Questions to Ask All Patients

This new sexual history-taking tool includes a 6th P to help providers talk with patients about sexual pleasure, problems, and pride. It builds upon CDC's 5 Ps approach that asks patients about 1) Partners 2) Practices 3) Past History of STIs 4) Protection, and 5) Pregnancy Prevention/Reproductive Life Plan.

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Contact Tracing Infographic

An infographic designed to help explain the important work of Disease Investigation Specialists.

Covid-19 & The State of the STD Field: Phase II

This report highlights the long term response to COVID-19 and the effects this response has had and will continue to have on our nation’s STD programs and the work of DIS.