Policies & Programs, filtered by "Sexual Activity"
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Behavioral interventions to prevent HIV and other STIs
Use individual, group, and community-level interventions to provide education, support, and training that can affect social norms about HIV and other STIs
Clinic-based interventions for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination
Combine information about HPV and the benefits of vaccination with efforts to support vaccine series completion (e.g., patient and parent education or reminders, physician education, etc.)
Comprehensive clinic-based programs for pregnant & parenting teens
Address the needs of teenage mothers via clinic-based programs that provide health care and family planning services as well as case management, counseling, and other supports
Comprehensive risk reduction sexual education
Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings
Computer-based interventions to prevent HIV and other STIs
Provide tailored health information and computer-mediated decision making, behavior change, and emotional support via interactive programs
Condom availability programs
Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings
Expedited partner therapy for treatable STIs
Provide prescriptions or medications to patients diagnosed with treatable STIs to give to their partners without provider visits; also called patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT)
HIV/STI partner notification by providers
Elicit information about sex or needle-sharing partners from STI-positive patients, then notify partners of risk, testing, and services; also called contact tracing, or partner counseling and referral services
Holistic approaches to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents
Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine education
Inform young women and men about HPV and its consequences as well as the benefits of vaccination via telephone, writing, video, or in-person efforts