Afraid to Ask
Information on a variety of health information, including sexually transmitted disease photos.

Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
The Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, the federal agency that sponsors the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on preventive services, has now listed appropriate preventive services for women and men on its website. Chlamydia screening of sexually active women 25 and under is included in the recommendations for women, in English. Sharing this information with your STD prevention partners can help increase awareness that Chlamydia screenings is recommended as a "mainstream" preventive service for American women, not a special service for a small subpopulation with unique risks. For a summary of the CT screening guidelines in English, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspschlm.htm. For a fact sheet about CT screening in English, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/prev/chlamwh.htm. For a fact sheet about preventive services for women in Spanish (that includes a short section on CT screening ) go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthywomsp.htm.

Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)--The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Adolescents: Legal Questions and Clinical Challenges
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA established national standards and requirements for electronic transmission of certain health care information. According to that law, IPP health care entities are impacted and must be compliant with the Transactions and Code Set Rules as of October 16, 2002, and compliant with the Privacy Rules as of April 14, 2003. This comment from the March/April, 2004 issue of AGI’s Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health offers a helpful summary of how HIPAA affects STD and family planning providers who care for adolescents.

The American Social Health Association website
Contains a range of information on all sexually transmitted diseases.

Association of Public Health Laboratories
Promotes the role of public health laboratories in support of national and global objectives as well as the policies and programs which assure continuous improvement in the quality of laboratory practices. Features sections such as advocacy, national conferences, education/training, global activities, and public health labs.

The California PTC
The California PTC has just reissued the paper-based Chlamydia CME booklet, "Sexually Transmitted Chlamydia Infections - A Primary Care Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention." This 26-page color glossy booklet can be viewed at this site. Providers can receive up to 2 CMEs or 2.4 CEUs for completing the course exam and evaluation online. Information on ordering large quantities of the booklets can be found on page 3 of the booklet; contact captc@dhs.ca.gov for individual copies, or download directly from the website.

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Acts as an integral part of a national network of training centers that offer dynamic continuing education courses. Provides an online Chlamydia training course for medical directors and clinicians, as well as postcard templates and newsletter article templates to create personalized announcements. In addition, three new courses have just been added—one from the drop-down menu, one from the online Chlamydia course button, and one under "New Courses."

California STD Initiatives
Information on chlamydia and a variety of other Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Enfermedades de transmisión sexual
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) information in Spanish is now available on The Centers for Disease Control  website, including translations of our fact sheets, the STD hotline in Spanish and Spanish STD links.  The web address is: http://www.cdc.gov/std/Spanish/default.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2002 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2002 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the May 10 issue of Morbidity and Mortaility Weekly Report. The 2002 guidelines, developed by CDC in consultation with STD professionals from around the country, replace the 1998 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) new 2002 Laboratory Guidelines
Site to view and order copies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) new 2002 Laboratory Guidelines. Address issues such nucleic acid tests and economic analysis of different testing strategies.

Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report
View the most recent STD surveillance reports and supplements, including the Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Annual Report.

CMAP
CMAP has helped more than 300 nonprofit organizations improve services, win policy reforms, communicate better, and secure funding for valuable programs. The site serves as an excellent resource for getting maps for various IPP purposes.

GenProbe
Spotlights an educational program funded by GenProbe on the introduction of nucleic acid amplified testing in the laboratory. The slide set emphasizes tests commonly used for the diagnosis of chlamydia and gonorrhea, which include those marketed by GenProbe, BD Biosciences, and Roche.

Healthy People 2010
A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
The Foundation's site is focused on its work in four main areas: health policy, reproductive health, HIV policy, and health and development in South Africa.

National Chlamydia Laboratory Committee (NCLC)
A branch of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). Provides a forum for the laboratory subcommittees of the ten Regional Infertility Prevention Project Advisory Groups to discuss issues and concerns regarding chlamydia screening tests and to develop a common position acceptable to the Regions.

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
NCQA produces numerous publications on health care quality and management. View the annual State of Health Care Quality Report, including the latest Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures on chlamydia screening in managed care.

National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)
Provides ways to stay informed and get involved in family and reproductive health. You can also sign up for the NFPRHA e-news bulletin by sending an email to usetty@nfprha.org with “subscribe e-bulletin” in the subject line.

National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN)
Sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NTLN provides high quality, low cost continuing education for testing personnel in medical, public health, and environmental laboratories throughout the U.S. NLTN offers a CEU program regarding NAATs on its website.

National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers
CDC-funded group of regional centers created in partnership with health departments and universities. The Prevention Training Centers (PTCs) are dedicated to increasing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and provides health professionals with a spectrum of state-of-the-art educational opportunities, including experiential learning with an emphasis on prevention. The site allows you to find PTCs in your region and learn more about core training programs and online training resources.

National Women’s Health Information Center
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about STDs relevant to a woman’s perspective.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
The world's largest and most trusted voluntary reproductive health care organization. Contains a range of information on sexually transmitted diseases and managing fertility.

The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Diseases
Provides access to The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 3rd Edition, published by the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. Individual PDF (portable document format) files can be downloaded from the left menu so that you can create your own copy of The Practitioner's Handbook. The handbook is designed to assist practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine, and other specialties in the optimal management of patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their partners.

RN Web
Produced by RN magazine and acts as a one-stop resource for nurses. Offers feature articles, special reports, and clinical and professional news.

STD Communications Database
Houses the STD Communications Database, which is designed to help public health practitioners create specialized STD health communication prevention interventions. The database provides easy access to disease- and population-specific communication information, as well as behavioral and communication theory, design principles, helpful links to other communication resources (e.g., NPIN, Health CommKey), and best practices and lessons learned from other documented STD campaigns and communication efforts. The database also houses a library of more than 200 HIV- and STD-specific media materials and a subset of the consumer marketing tool, PRIZM®. PRIZM, a proprietary product, includes zip codes for every non-business community in the United States. The PRIZM and media library portions of the database are not available to the general public and are password protected. State and local health department communication staff can obtain a password by attending regional CDC STD Communication Database/CDCynergy sponsored trainings. For more information, please visit the database's FAQ or contact Hilda Shepeard (866-855-8155 or hhs2@cdc.gov).