NASTAD delivered a four-part webinar series, “Employing Status-Neutral Approaches to End the HIV Epidemic.” The series provided an overview of status-neutral approaches for CDC and HRSA funded health departments working to end the HIV epidemic. Each webinar focused on person-first strategies to address activities embedded within the four EHE Pillars (Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond).
The following document examines various states' minor consent and confidentiality laws. A minor is a person who does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of an adult. Minors’ ability to access PrEP independently, i.e., without parental or guardian consent, varies throughout the United States. States allowing minors to autonomously consent to PrEP does not mean that access to the health care service will remain confidential.
Two decades ago, SIECUS started the Community Advocacy Project in response to calls from individuals facing controversy over sex education in their communities. As decisions regarding sex education were increasingly debated at the state level, SIECUS expanded the project to document controversies about sex education across
the country and monitor state legislation.
This resource provides sample materials, considerations, and resources to assist health departments with developing and implementing a table-top activity in their respective communities.
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.
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.
The website includes various resources that were developed to address the difficulties that HIV programs might encounter when implementing TB preventive treatment. Programs can adapt the tools as needed.
The new toolkit describes the successful 10-step process used to engage community members in the effective implementation of STD prevention and control interventions.
The False-Positive Investigation Toolkit provides mycobacteriology staff with updated resources to recognize potential false-positive results and to assist in false-positive investigations. The toolkit includes job-aids, posters, and templates that can be modified for local use.
This package includes an instruction guide and a DVD. The DVD illustrates the benefits of adopting cohort review and highlights the roles of the cohort review team members. The guide explains the three key elements of the cohort review process and how to adapt the process to your own TB program. The DVD was produced by the CDC, Creative Digital Group, and the Constella Group. The instruction guide was developed by the CDC and the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center.
The information kit is also available with a videotape.
