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NCSD’s STD Awareness Month Resources
We have compiled a few resources from NCSD, our partners, and our members to help you make the most of STD Awareness Month 2019. Join the social media conversation at #STDMonth
CDC's STD Awareness Month Resources
Check out CDC’s Guide to STD Awareness Month 2019, which highlights 4 major themes from previous years: Treat Me Right, Syphilis Strikes Back, Get Yourself Tested (GYT), and Talk. Test. Treat.
Member Resource Spotlight - Florida Department of Health
The Florida Department of Health STD Section developed a Quality Management Plan (QMP) as a guide for Area STD Programs to self-assess, monitor, evaluate, and improve the overall performance of field operations.
Member Resource Spotlight - Rhode Island Department of Health
For SAM, Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) released a provider advisory highlighting some cool new campaigns aimed at supporting providers to address surging STD rates locally and nationally, including their RightTime app and CDC’s Treat Me Right campaign.
Treat Me Right
The follow resources are geared toward providers and designed to help build the patient-provider relationship.
- PrEP & STD Testing Guidelines for Clinical Care Providers
- Health equity resources for providers
- MSM Standards of Care
- We can do better as educators and clinicians – Part I and Part II
Syphilis Strikes Back
These resources highlight the growing threat of syphilis to MSM, pregnant women, and babies.
- How Texas is working to address congenital syphilis
- Third trimester pregnancy screening for syphilis and HIV
- Et al.: the NCSD Journal Blog – Congenital Syphilis
- Diagnostics Direct testing donation
Get Yourself Tested
The following resources are dedicated to STD prevention in adolescents.
- Get Yourself Tested Campaign
- Information for teens and young adults: Staying healthy and preventing STDs
- Using Community Engagement to Promote Sexual Health For Youth
- Congressional briefing on LGBTQ-inclusive sex education
- Developing a Referral System for Sexual Health Services
- Et Al.: NCSD’s Journal Club – STDs and the Juvenile Justice System
Talk. Test. Treat.
These resources focus on the importance of educating individuals and providers on simple actions they can take to protect their health/their patient’s health.
