STD/STI

In this two-part episode of ASHA’s Sex+Health podcast, Terri Warren, RN, ANP—nurse, author, and owner of Westover Heights Clinic in Portland, Oregon that specializes in the genital herpes infection—explains the tests that can provide an accurate genital herpes diagnosis and how they work and clarifies that a physical exam alone should never be the final diagnosis for anyone, for many reasons. She also discusses the importance of knowing herpes type and offers helpful insight into how to put a herpes infection into proper perspective.

This webinar reviews NACCHO's congenital syphilis compendium and highlights programs across the country implementing policies and practices that interrupt congenital syphilis and perinatal HIV transmission.

Marginalized student populations (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and/or LGBTQIA+ students) experience disproportionate hardships and require certain considerations when providing sexual and reproductive health referrals. Inclusive referral systems consider the unique challenges these populations face including discrimination, bias, and lack of adequate resources. This session supports NCSD’s “Developing a Referral System for Adolescent Health Services” toolkit webinar series.

To motivate the public to take action to protect and improve their sexual health, NCSH members agreed that it was key to identify and promote the benefits of doing so, the core action steps to good sexual health, and a short, simple definition of sexual health.

This fact sheet discusses the clinical summary of the USPSTF Recommendation for serologic screening for genital herpes infection.

This fact sheet discusses clinical summary of USPSTF recommendation screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant adolescents and adults.

This social media tool is a visual tool to help start a conversation about STIs and sexual wellness without the stigma. The badge acts as a digital conversation starter for dating apps. By adding it to a dating profile, it is acknowledging sexual health as the important topic it is.

This informational video discusses the basics about STDs and how they are transmitted. This version of the video includes both verbal narration as well as signed American Sign Language.

This informational video discusses the basics about STDs and how they are transmitted.

This fact sheet in Spanish is an overview of STD/STIs for patients.