This poster promotes human papillomavirus vaccine by informing parents that it prevents cancer. It advises parents to talk to the doctor about vaccination 11-12 year old sons and daughters against HPV.
The kit provides a set of tools that will help educators prepare to teach about respect and includes lesson plans that can help seize teachable moments. The lessons focus on name-calling, bullying and bias, LGBT-inclusive family diversity and gender roles and diversity and are designed to be used as...
This report is an update to the 2009 The National HIV Prevention Inventory: The State of HIV Prevention Across the U.S. (NHPI), which was based on a survey of 65 state, territorial, and local health departments. This report explores funding changes experienced by health department HIV prevention...
This information sheet provides an overview of states’ policies on allowing minors to consent to health care, including care related to sexual activity and testing and treatment for STDs and HIV. It provides a table showing which states allow such consent and which states allow physicians to inform...
This report is an updated Strategy that looks ahead to 2020 and spells out the U.S. goals and objectives for the prevention and elimination of HIV infection. The Strategy has four main goals: 1) reducing new HIV infections; 2) increasing access to care and improving health health outcomes for people...
This document provides information on Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) contact tracing. It explains the process of how sexual partner(s) of individuals diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease including HIV/AIDS are notified and screened for testing and treatment.
This brochure offers guidance for healthcare providers to facilitate effective conversations about sexual health with men who have sex with men patients. Topics include stigma, sexual history taking, tailored screenings for HIV and STDs, post exposure prophylaxis, and pre-exposure prophylaxis.
This fact sheet discusses HIV prevention challenges in the U.S. It states that each year in the United States, approximately 50,000 people become infected with HIV, and nearly 13,000 people with AIDS die annually. It also highlights key obstacles that need to be overcome to end AIDS in America: (1)...
This information sheet discusses the need for HIV testing among adolescents. It explains why HIV testing is important for anyone and for adolescents in particular. The information sheet notes that adolescents and young adults engage in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection and provides...
This information sheet presents statistics on HIV cases reported in the United States through 2011. It provides epidemiological data on adults and adolescents who were diagnosed in 2010 and 2011 by transmission categories, sex, and race/ethnicity. Contact information is provided for CDC resources.
