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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to NCC News. This online newsletter was created to keep you up-to-date on all things chlamydia, and related areas of interest. We hope you will find it useful and informative. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues who also may find it of use. |
 | Save the Date: Live Webinar on Male Sexual & Reproductive Health
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On Wednesday April 18th, 2012, Arik Marcell, MD, MPH, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will lead a discussion entitled, Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: What About the Young Male? For the STD Awareness Month Webinar. Co-sponsors are the Center for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins, the MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center, and the National Male Training Center for Family Planning and Reproductive Health. To join the live webcast and to learn more, check out the JHSPH website or contact the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center at maphtc@jhsph.edu or 443 287-7833.
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| Research Update
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NCC Research Translation Committee: Expert Commentary
In the second installment of the NCC's Research Translation Committee's Expert Commentary, Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite, PhD, MSPH, MPH,Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, comments on a recent evaluation of partner services in California. In addition to a review of the evaluation, Dr. Satterwhite also discusses the importance of utilizing Expedited Partner Theray (EPT) or Bring Your Own Partner (BYOP) as effective alternative partner services.
Sex Education Linked to Delay in First SexA new study from the Guttmacher Institute, Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes, suggests that teens who receive formal sex education prior to their first sexual experience demonstrate a range of healthier behaviors at first intercourse compared to those who receive no sex education at all, especially when information about both waiting to have sex and methods of birth control is included. The authors analyzed data from 4,691 men and women aged 15-24 who participated in the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth and found that respondents who had received instruction on both abstinence and birth control were older at first sex and were more likely to have used condoms or other contraceptives at first sex than their peers who had received no formal instruction. The study found no relationship between sex education and current sexual behaviors, suggesting the need for ongoing education after the onset of sexual activity.
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| April is National STD Awareness Month
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April is National STD Awareness Month, are you ready? If not, GYT  can help. Visit the GYT Online Toolkit to download, print, or order new and free GYT materials to help organize and encourage STD testing in your clinic or community. Also check out the GYT Party and the GYT Provider Toolkit to get ready to talk about STDs and test your patients.
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2012 National STD Prevention Conference
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The 2012 National STD Prevention Conference took place from March 12-15th in Minneapolis, MN. The theme of this year's event: "solutions in an era of change." Conference sponsors included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Social Health Association, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, and the National Coalition of STD Directors. A recap of the conference, as well as additional meeting materials will be available shortly on the conference website.
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| CDC Launches New HIV Testing Campaign
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 Black women are more heavily affected by HIV/AIDS than women of any other race or ethnicity in the US, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all new HIV infections among women. In an effort to combat this disparity, the CDC recently launched Take Charge. Take the Test, a campaign to increase HIV testing and awareness among Black women. The campaign features radio, billboard and transit advertising, a website and community outreach efforts, and was launched in 10 cities in conjunction with National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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| First PACHA Meeting of 2012
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At the end of February, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) convened for its first meeting of 2012. Key leaders from the Administration-Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary, and Cecilia Muņoz, the President's Domestic Policy Advisor and Director of the Domestic Policy Council-reflected on the advances of the last year. Women and HIV/AIDS was the primary focus: researchers, providers, and advocates shared perspectives on risks for HIV among women and their unique care and treatment issues. Other topics discussed included the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS program modernization and the expansion of behavioral health services for people living with HIV under the Affordable Care Act.
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Introducing: The Sex Profile Mobile App
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To promote safe sex by making the condom a fun and less embarrassing interruption, The Stockholm County AIDS Prevention Programme created "Condom08: The Sex Profile," a social marketing strategy to promote sexual health. They handed out 50,000 free condoms and invited people to be part of their summer sex statistics. By downloading a Smartphone app through the condom's QR code, people created personal sex graphs that measured rhythm, sound and duration while having sex, and then registered this data online. The campaign far surpassed its original goal, with over 5,900 sex graphs registered. Also, 39% of young Stockholmers said they were more positive to use a condom than before.
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