Sexual Risk Behavior Publications & Resources
This page provides resources from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), as well as select resources from other federal agencies and national organizations.
About DASH's Work
Bringing High-Quality HIV and STD Prevention to Youth in Schools [pdf 400K]
CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health
In Brief: Promoting Effective HIV and STD Prevention Through Schools [pdf 388K]
CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health
Evidence-Based Prevention
Effective HIV and STD Prevention Programs for Youth: A Summary of Scientific Evidence [pdf 174K]
Research shows that well-designed and well-implemented HIV/STD prevention programs can decrease sexual risk behaviors among students
Registries of Programs Effective in Reducing Youth Risk Behaviors
Programs identified by federal agencies as worthy of recommendation on the basis of expert opinion or evidence, including programs focused on HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention
Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Other STIs and Pregnancy: Interventions for Adolescents, The Community Guide
Recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
Sexual Health Education
Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool
Helps schools select or develop appropriate and effective health education curricula and improve the delivery of health education, including education to promote sexual health and prevent HIV infection, other STDs, and teen pregnancy
Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk: A Theoretical Guide for Developing and Adapting Curriculum-Based Programs [pdf 8.5M]
Designed to help reproductive professionals design or adapt curricula to focus on risk and protective factors that are related to sexual risk behavior and use instructional principles most likely to have an impact
Counseling & Testing
HIV Testing Among Adolescents: What Schools and Education Agencies Can Do [pdf
1.1M]
CDC fact sheet
Get Yourself Tested Campaign: STD Awareness Resource Site
Campaign by MTV, Kaiser Family Foundation, CDC, and other partners
National HIV and STD Testing Resources
Provides locations for HIV and STD testing and STD vaccines across the United States
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Youth
Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth
Findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey document the disproportionate rates
at which sexual minority students (especially those who identify as gay,
lesbian, or bisexual) experience multiple health risks, including sexual risk
behaviors; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; and violence
HIV and Young Men Who Have Sex With Men [pdf 299K]
CDC fact sheet
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health: Youth
Resources and programs to prevent bullying and promote health
Other Federal Web Sites
AIDS.gov
Drugs & HIV: Learn the Link
HHS Office of Adolescent Health, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
U.S. Agency for International Development
White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Contact Us:
- Division of Adolescent and School Health
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K29
Atlanta, GA 30341 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
Hours of Operation
8am-8pm
ET/Monday-Friday
Closed Holidays - cdcinfo@cdc.gov
