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Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Washington State Adolescents

Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Washington State Adolescents. Cynthia Morrison, MA ABS Coordinator, STD Education Program Washington State Department of Health. Washington 2008. Chlamydia. Gonorrhea. Teens. Teens. All other cases. All other cases. 6,637 teens / 20,000 cases .

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Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Washington State Adolescents

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  1. Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Washington State Adolescents Cynthia Morrison, MA ABS Coordinator, STD Education Program Washington State Department of Health

  2. Washington 2008 Chlamydia Gonorrhea Teens Teens All other cases All other cases 6,637 teens /20,000 cases 680 teens / 3,000 cases * 758 cases of salmonella, 32 cases of meningitis in 2007

  3. Infertility Prevention Project Family Planning Clinics School Based Health Centers Juvenile Detention Centers Community Health Centers Tribal Collaboration

  4. Health Youth Act 2007 Requires medical and scientific accuracy Emphasizes abstinence but must also include other forms of prevention Age appropriate Optional

  5. Barriers Healthy Youth Survey (Washington State version of Youth Risk Behavior Survey) Washington State law excludes questions regarding sexual behavior of any kind

  6. Barriers Access to services Reductions in public health clinics available to youth Health care provider and teen (lack of) awareness about STD prevalence Changes to Medicaid eligibility have increased difficulty for teen access.

  7. Health Department Clinics 1997                                          

  8. Health Department Clinics 2003                                 

  9. Health Department Clinics 2009                     

  10. Reported Cases

  11. For more information Cynthia Morrison STD Education Program Washington State Department of Health 360.236.3498 cynthia.morrison@doh.wa.gov

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