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Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention
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  HEALTH ISSUES
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Health Issues - STD Program

Projects & Initiatives

Native STAND Exit Disclaimer – You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Native STAND (Students Together Against Negative Decisions) is a comprehensive curriculum for training peer educators that promotes healthy decision making among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. The curriculum was developed by a multi-disciplinary workgroup under the auspices of the National Coalition of STD Directors, Mercer University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service. The curriculum is now available for review and free download online.

Native STAND Informational Webinar Exit Disclaimer – You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
An overview of the peer education curriculum for healthy decision making among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. This webinar was developed to share implementation experiences and evaluation findings, and discuss opportunities for implementation. This collaborative event was held in partnership with Cicatelli Associates, Inc. Infertility Prevention Project Region's II & IV, the National Coalition of STD Directors, Oregon Health & Science University Prevention Research Center, and Project Red Talon (Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board).

Get Yourself Tested (GYT) Exit Disclaimer – You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
The GYT, or the "Get Yourself Tested", campaign is designed to create a social movement around STD testing. It officially launches every year in April, which is National STD Awareness Month. Through its presence on MTV, the involvement of music and celebrity talent, and special promotions, GYT aims to remove the taboos surrounding STD testing for young people and to encourage them to talk about STDs and STD testing with their sex partners, parents, and health care providers. To help address the high rate of STDs in youth, the IHS National STD Program is collaborating with CDC, MTV Networks, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Planned Parenthood Foundation to promote the "GYT" campaign to help young people make responsible decisions about their sexual health by talking about sex with their partners, parents, and healthcare providers and getting tested and treated for STDs and HIV. Visit the GYT website for additional information about the campaign, including a special tool-kit for health centers and providers.

Stop Chlamydia Project
The Stop Chlamydia Project is a CDC and IHS-funded program whose primary objectives are to promote enhanced screening and the timely management of chlamydial infections through a collaborative effort with participating IHS/Tribal/Urban Indian health centers (I/T/T) and partners CDC Infertility Prevention Projects (IPP) Infertility Prevention Project - STD Exit Disclaimer – You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov . For more information about participating in the project, please contact Scott Tulloch.

US/Canada STD Collaborative [PDF - 338KB]
In April 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Indian Health Service (IHS), and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) hosted a joint American-Canadian meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. The summit, entitled "SexuallyTransmitted Diseases among Alaska Native and Inuit/First Nations/Métis in Canada: Discovering Opportunities for Collaboration", sought to provide a platform for fostering an international partnership to address health disparities and to better define cultural determinants influencing the impact of STDs among Native peoples in the U.S. and Canada. Cross-border efforts continue to work to identify opportunities for collaborative initiatives and knowledge transfer. In 2011, these efforts hope to materialize in multiple community-level interventions aimed at promoting informational sharing and community driving prevention initiatives in Canada and the US.