April is STD Awareness Month.
STD Awareness Month is an annual observance to call attention to the impact of STDs and promote STD testing. This STD Awareness Month, we are focusing our outreach on healthcare providers, and their influence to promote sexual health and STD testing among young people.
Adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable to STDs. In fact, young people between 15 and 24 years of age account for nearly half of all STD cases. Primary care physicians, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers play an important role in ensuring young people receive comprehensive information and preventive care. Providers and the information they share are respected by patients. Research shows adolescent patients feel primary care settings are an appropriate place to discuss sexual health and would like their providers to initiate such discussions.
Healthcare providers can make a difference by educating young patients about sexual health and STD prevention.
View the newly developed page, STD Awareness – Reaching Young People for resources to help you make a difference.
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