Six fundamental sexual health principles guide clients toward a greater understanding of their current relationship with HIV. Linking sexual health principles within HIV services is a collaborative sexual health conversation that defines and supports each person’s personal vision of sexual health.
Despite being engaged in care, many HIV positive women still struggle with stigma, non-disclosure, isolation, depression, addiction and other barriers to health and well-being. Recognizing and addressing the high rates of trauma in this population holds the promise to reframe care and to help HIV-positive women realize their inherent health and power.
NCSD and NASTAD convened a Blue Ribbon Panel of experts from academia, city and state health departments, the CDC, and the NNPTC to develop optimal standards of client-focused clinical care for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). These standards illustrate the highest quality of sexual health care for MSM, expanding beyond federal guidelines to incorporate the collective experience of experts in the field of sexual health.
August 13, 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting the delivery of sexual health services in California and throughout the United States. Dr. Ina Park and Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker provide an overview of recent CDC recommendations for STD diagnosis and treatment when in-person exams and visits are limited. They also discuss best practices for the use of telehealth and home-testing for STD care and PrEP management.
Drs. Park and Plotzker cover the following learning objectives for this webinar:
June 1, 2020
Dr. Kenneth Katz covers the following learning objectives for this webinar:
This guide can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults.
February 6, 2019
Yvonne Piper RN, FNP covers the following learning objectives for this webinar:
Extragenital (rectum and throat) gonorrhea and chlamydia screening resources for providers, clinics, and patients.
Dr. Christoper Ried, Medical Director of HIV/STD Services for Orange County, demonstrates a sexual health history screening using the 5Ps of taking a sexual history.
This document provides examples of how to begin discussing sexual history with adolescent patients and types of risk assessment questions that should be asked.
