What's New...

• Upcoming CME: Syphilis Case Study and Community Associated MRSA: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Friday, May 16; 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM

• Brief Update for Health Care Providers: Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 1/28/08

• Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), no longer reportable in California

• Revised California Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines

• Now Available! CA STD Treatment Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents
  From the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 2007

• Emergency Contraception Update: What consumers and providers should know now that Plan B is available over the counter

• Where to get tested in LA for free or low cost

New and updated brochures from our Health Education Unit

• HPV Basics: Important Facts About Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Health
• Chart: STD Risk by Sexual Practice (English)
• Facts About STDs

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launches two innovative media campaigns to combat the County’s rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases.

The public education campaigns, partially funded by the County’s Board of Supervisors, repeatedly and strongly urge young, sexually-active women of color and men who have sex with men (MSM) to get tested for STDs regularly. The campaigns incorporate regular advertising in newspapers, on billboards and buses, but also use non-traditional guerilla marketing techniques like graffiti murals, sidewalk chalkings, drink coasters, mirror stickers  in night clubs and gyms to reach the intended audiences. Custom websites are also utilized to get the message across to these difficult-to-reach audiences.

The campaign’s two primary audiences are slated to receive different messages, tailored to their needs and behaviors, in both English and Spanish. The women’s campaign, “I Know.”/“Yo Sé.” features confident African-American and Latina women who know they can fight serious health problems such as chlamydia and gonorrhea by getting tested, and if need be, cured. The MSM campaign proclaims “Check Yourself”, urging gay and bisexual males to get regularly tested for syphilis. >> read more