STD Treatment Guidelines Webinar
In case you missed the June 1 Focus on Adolescent Sexual Health webinar, the second of a series of STD Treatment Guidelines Webinars for health professionals, a copy of the slide presentation and a link to the archived version of the Webinar are available at: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/default.htm. The webinar featured presentations by three experts in the field of adolescent clinical care, Drs. Elizabeth Alderman, Gale Burstein, and Katherine Hsu as well as a question and answer session moderated by Dr. Gail Bolan. The webinar addressed the impact of STDs in adolescents in the United States, changes to the 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines relevant to the care of adolescents, tools for engaging adolescent patients in a sexual health dialog, CDC and AAP STD screening recommendations for adolescents and AAP, SAHM, NNPTC, and CDC sexual health resources for adolescent care providers.