Important information and links regarding STIs:

There is now a vaccine available for HPV - the leading cause of cervical cancer!

Planned Parenthood - find a local clinic or look up information about STIs!

National Center for STD Prevention (division of CDC) - updates their information as new facts come out - good source!

New "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010" from the CDC

"National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, 10/09" - latest national sex survey

A better test than the Pap smear for women is a DNA test for HPV.

All kinds AND SIZES of condoms - and you don't have to go to the store to get them!

Video to show you how to use a condom THE RIGHT WAY!

Can you still get an STI/STD if you are Abstinent?  Of course!  Because, sadly, people use different definitions for Abstinence.

Below is the chart we discuss in class:  You can use this to measure your level of risk!

updated 1/19/11