IssueLab, an online publishing forum for nonprofit research, has brought together a collection of LGBTQ youth research.  You can locate and contribute to the research they have collected here.

This is a web based program that uses podcasts, text messages, and videos to support adolescents trying to quit smoking. A series of 6 podcasts that can be played on the computer or downloaded to an ipod gives youth tips on how to quit and the text message service gives youth a month of daily support in the cessation process.

Oftentimes, our HIV prevention and testing programs can become solely focused on HIV/AIDS without much attention or resources allotted to STD prevention. This webinar will assist you in learning ways to incorporate STD awareness and testing into your HIV prevention programming. The Washington, DC Department of Health will be guest hosting this webinar to provide a look at STDs prevention, facts, and program ideas that will be beneficial for all HIV youth service providers.  
 

Recording of webinar originally presented on February 9, 2010.

Further Citations and Resources -

To find an interactive activity to teach people about how STI's increase the risk of HIV infection, please visit the CDC website here.

To learn about STI infection, rates, and resources in your area, please visit the CDC website here.

For questions and answers about STI's and STD's, use Goaskalice.com.

To access, inSPOT, to get resources on STI's and internet technologies, click here.

• I.S.I.S., Inc.is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing and using Internet technologies to prevent disease transmission and enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. Our mission is to provide leadership, innovation, educational resources and research in online sexual health promotion.

To check out what the STICC of Metro DC is doing, click here.

• Formed in 1982, the Sexually Transmitted Infections Community Coalition (STICC of Metropolitan Washington, DC) is a partnership of over thirty public and private stakeholders in the metropolitan area who have a common interest to reduce the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)*, including HIV, in the community.

Visit the American Social Health Association, here.

• The American Social Health Association is a trusted, non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of patients to help improve public health outcomes since 1914. We are America's authority for sexually transmitted infection information.

Find out more about RealTalkDC, a best practice and model for incorporating social media and text messaging into your HIV and STI prevention campaigns - click here.

Please visit Advocates for Youth for more indepth information and resources on sexual health and education for young LGBTQ people. Click here to visit.

Oftentimes, our HIV prevention and testing programs can become solely focused on HIV/AIDS without much attention or resources allotted to STD prevention. This webinar will assist you in learning ways to incorporate STD awareness and testing into your HIV prevention programming. The Washington, DC Department of Health will be guest hosting this webinar to provide a look at STDs prevention, facts, and program ideas that will be beneficial for all HIV youth service providers. 

Slides from webinar presented on January 22, 2009.

Further Citations and Resources -

To find an interactive activity to teach people about how STI's increase the risk of HIV infection, please visit the CDC website here.

To learn about STI infection, rates, and resources in your area, please visit the CDC website here.

For questions and answers about STI's and STD's, use Goaskalice.com.

To access, inSPOT, to get resources on STI's and internet technologies, click here.

• I.S.I.S., Inc.is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing and using Internet technologies to prevent disease transmission and enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. Our mission is to provide leadership, innovation, educational resources and research in online sexual health promotion.

To check out what the STICC of Metro DC is doing, click here.

• Formed in 1982, the Sexually Transmitted Infections Community Coalition (STICC of Metropolitan Washington, DC) is a partnership of over thirty public and private stakeholders in the metropolitan area who have a common interest to reduce the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)*, including HIV, in the community.

Visit the American Social Health Association, here.

• The American Social Health Association is a trusted, non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of patients to help improve public health outcomes since 1914. We are America's authority for sexually transmitted infection information.

Find out more about RealTalkDC, a best practice and model for incorporating social media and text messaging into your HIV and STI prevention campaigns - click here.

Please visit Advocates for Youth for more indepth information and resources on sexual health and education for young LGBTQ people. Click here to visit.