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Clinical Recommendations Community Interventions Consumer Information
Clinical Recommendations
The following clinical recommendations come from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends high-intensity behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk for STIs.
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Screening for Chlamydial Infection
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for chlamydial infection for all pregnant women aged 24 and younger and for older pregnant women who are at increased risk.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for chlamydial infection for all sexually active non-pregnant young women aged 24 and younger and for older non-pregnant women who are at increased risk.
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Screening for Gonorrhea The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all sexually active women, including those who are pregnant, for gonorrhea infection if they are at increased risk for infection (that is, if they are young or have other individual or population risk factors).
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Screening for HIV
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all pregnant women for HIV.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) strongly recommends that clinicians screen for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) all adolescents and adults at increased risk for HIV infection.
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Screening for Syphilis Infection The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) strongly recommends that clinicians screen persons at increased risk for syphilis infection.
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Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all pregnant women for syphilis infection.
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Community Interventions
The following evidence-based community interventions come from the Guide to Community Preventive Services
Adolescent Health: Person-to-Person Interventions to Improve Caregivers' Parenting Skills
Person-to-person interventions aim to modify adolescents’ risk/protective behaviors and health outcomes by improving their caregivers’ parenting skills.
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Health Communication & Social Marketing: Health Communication Campaigns That Include Mass Media & Health-Related Product Distribution
Health communication campaigns can increase the use of health-related products when they use mass media messaging and distribute the products at free or reduced prices.
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Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy: Group-based Comprehensive Risk Reduction Interventions for Adolescents
Comprehensive risk reduction (CRR) promotes behaviors that prevent or reduce the risk of pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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Youth Development Behavioral Interventions Coordinated with Community Service to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescents
Youth development behavioral interventions emphasize social, emotional, or cognitive competence training that promotes pro-social norms; improved decision making; self-determination; improved communication skills; and positive bonding experiences between youth and their peers or non-parental role models. Community service may involve scheduled activities in one or more community settings.
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Youth Development Behavioral Interventions Coordinated with Community Service to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescents
Youth development behavioral interventions employ a holistic approach to adolescent health and wellness, and may or may not include components that are focused directly on pregnancy and STI prevention.
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Consumer Information
The following consumer resources are from the Quick Guide to Healthy Living at healthfinder.gov .
Teach your kids the facts about their bodies, sex, and relationships.
Talk to a nurse, doctor, or family planning educator about your birth control options.
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