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    If you are a student contact the Student Support Services at your institution, for example, the author's of this book at Georgia Highlands College suggest that their students contact GHC's Student Support Services 

    How to Get Tested

    Departments of Public Health in your state or city offer important help for example the Georgia Department of Public Health

    Lesbian and Bisexual Health

    References by Section:

    Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    1. United Nations. Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 5–13, 1994. New York: United Nations; 1995.
    2. St. Louis ME, Wasserheit JN, Gayle HD, editors. Janus considers the HIV pandemic: Harnessing recent advances to enhance AIDS prevention. Am J Public Health. 1997;87:10-12.

    How many people are affected by or at risk for a sexually transmitted disease or sexually transmitted infection (STD/STI)?

    1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2011. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats11/Surv2011.pdf (PDF - 4.91 MB)
    2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. (2012, July). HIV in the United States: At a glance. Retrieved March 19, 2013, from www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/fac...t_a_glance.pdf (PDF - 512 KB)

    What are the Most Common Types of STIs?

    1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, February 8). Chlamydia-CDC Fact Sheet. Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/default.htm
    2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, June 4). Gonorrhea-CDC Fact Sheet.Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/stdfact-gonorrhea.htm
    3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, April 11). Basic Information about HIV and AIDS. Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/index.html
    4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, January 31). Genital Herpes-CDC Fact Sheet. Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm
    5. Xu, F., Sternberg, M. R., Kottiri, B. J., McQuillan, G. M., Lee, F. K., Nahmias, A. J., Berman, S. M., & Markowitz, L. E. (2006). Trends in herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 seroprevalence in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association, 296(8):964-973
    6. Marquez, L., Levy, M. L., Munoz, F. M., & Palazzi, D. L. (2011). A report of three cases and review of intrauterine herpes simplex virus infection. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 30, 153-157. PMID 20811312
    7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Prevention Information Network. (n.d.). HIV/AIDS Introduction. Retrieved June 3, 2012, from  http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hiv/
    8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, March 22). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): Human papilloma virus (HPV). Retrieved June 3, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/
    9. Committee on Infectious Diseases. (2012). HPV vaccine recommendations. Pediatrics, 129, 602-605.
    10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, November 17). 2010 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance: Syphilis. Retrieved June 7, 2012, fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/syphilis.htm

    11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010, September 1). Bacterial Vaginosis-CDC Fact Sheet. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/bv/STDFact-Bacterial-Vaginosis.htm

    12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, November 30). Trichomoniasis-CDC Fact Sheet. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/trichomonas/STDFact-Trichomoniasis.htm

    13. Klebanoff, M. A., Carey, J. C., Hauth, J. C., Hillier, S. L., Nugent, R. P., Thom, E. A., et al.; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. (2001). Failure of metronidazole to prevent preterm delivery among pregnant women with asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis infection. New England Journal of Medicine, 345, 487-493.

    14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, January 28). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Vaccine-preventable STDs. Retrieved June 3, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/vaccine.htm#a1 

    15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, January 28). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Hepatitis C. Retrieved June 3, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/hepC.htm

    STI Treatment Options

    1. Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. (2012). Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved June 3, 2012, from http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines

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    Citing Healthy People 2020

    The suggested citation for Healthy People is:

    Healthy People 2020 [Internet]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [cited [Date URL was accessed]]. Available from: [Specific URL].

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