STI’s
California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch
The Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch (STDCB) provides statewide STD consultation, surveillance, educational, screening, and mobile clinic programs aimed at the prevention, treatment, and interruption of sexually transmitted diseases.
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UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
The mission of CAPS is to conduct domestic and international research to prevent the acquisition of HIV and to optimize health outcomes among HIV-infected individuals.
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Treating Adolescents with HIV: Tools for Building Skills in Cultural Competence, Clinical Care, and Support
This is a series of online training modules for health care providers working with HIV-infected youth.
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Guide to NIH/AIDS Information Services
Draws together in a single, easy-to-use source, a variety of data about the many HIV/AIDS information-related activities of the National Institutes of Health as well as selected Public Health Service materials. This site is designed for health professionals, caregivers, the affected community, and others to learn about AIDS information resources supported by public funds.
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The Center for HIV Information (CHI)
CHI is a program of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, partners with government agencies, foundations, and international organizations to identify and develop information on HIV care, prevention, and policy. CHI develops strategies for reaching those areas and individuals in greatest need of high quality, practical information on HIV/AIDS.
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CDC’s Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention
Features comprehensive information on STDs including fact sheets, articles, and other resources.
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CDC National Prevention and Information Network
Features comprehensive HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB resources and information, including a section focusing on youth and specific ethnic groups.
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CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Offers primarily clinical oriented documents related to prevention and treatment. Some documents are specific to youth.
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California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center provides information on educational and programmatic resources and professional education designed to enhance the STD/HIV knowledge and skills of medical, health, and community professionals.
Web-based trainings such as “STD Overview for Non-Clinicians” can be accessed here by clicking on the course title.
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California Department of Public Health
HPV Resources for parents, General Public, Health Professionals, Educators and Advocates.
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Reproductive Health
Recent News & Research
This is the Adolescent Health Working Group’s latest toolkit in their provider toolkit series: “Trauma and Resilience.” The toolkit is designed for all levels of youth/young adult service providers, from front line staff, to clinicians, to administrators. We hope this…
Locating “youth voice:” Considering the contexts of speaking in foster care
Within social services, an increasingly significant movement supports giving “voice” to children and youth, enabling them to express their views and to have those views taken into account in matters that affect them. In this article, the author draws from…
This 2012 study by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examined the current rates of medical home attainment for adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents receive care in a medical…
Recent Publications
Trauma & Resilience Toolkit
Check out AHWG’s Trauma & Resilience Toolkit.
ASHWG Core Competencies
Developed by the Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group (ASHWG), these resources are specifically intended for adult providers and educators of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
CA Adolescent Data Set
Recently updated with 2010 data, this is a collection of county-specific data about the health status of adolescents in Excel format
Data Tables
The ASHWG Data for Adolescent Births, AIDS and STD are now updated with 2010 data
Upcoming Events
AHWG Provider Gathering, San Francisco, May 10, 2013
Join AHWG for their 10th Annual Provider Gathering, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Vincent Felitti, and local panelists from the Center for Wellness, UCSF Healthy Environments and Responses to Trauma in Schools, and the Youth Justice Institute. The event will also…
Behavioral Health, Yolo County, May 2013
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care:
A Training for Providers
Who Serve Youth and Young Adults
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative and
the Yolo County Health Department, MCAH Branch
Friday, May 17, 2013
9:00AM‐11:00AM
Yolo County Health Department…
Two Adolescent Health Trainings, May 18, 2013
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative
Saturday, May 18, 2013
11320 Cholla Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Cost: $20
Understanding Adolescence: Seeing youth through a developmental lens
Registration 8:30AM || Training: 9:00AM-12:30PM
Developing a Youth-Friendly Clinic
Training: 1:30PM-4:30PM…
