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Resources by Topic: Sexual and reproductive health

Preventing HPV Cancers in Rural Communities
Provides an overview of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's efforts to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in rural areas. Includes newsletters, upcoming events, meeting recordings, and program action steps. See Education and Training Resources for HPV profiles of selected states, including comparisons of HPV vaccination rates among 13-17 year olds by level of urbanicity.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Health Disparities in American Indian or Alaska Native People
Offers data and statistics on HIV, STDs, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis diagnoses among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Highlights infection rates among AI/AN populations and compares them to Whites. Presents links to further information.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board - Native Health Resources
Provides culturally competent public health resources and materials pertaining to infectious disease prevention, youth and adolescent health, and reproductive health, among others for programs serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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HIV, STDs, and TB in the Texas-Mexico Border Region
Report comparing the rates of HIV, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and tuberculosis in the Texas-Mexico Border Region with all other regions of Texas. Discusses poverty, health insurance status, race and ethnicity, mortality, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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HIV Testing Sites and Care Services Locator
Provides a tool for identifying HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services, health centers and locations offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), housing providers, and other services such as mental health and substance use treatment services near a particular location.
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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California Health Interview Survey
Offers detailed data on California's population health, including health conditions, health behaviors, mental health, healthcare access, food security, insurance coverage, and detailed demographics. Provides data in multiple formats: Health Profiles, a web-based interactive database that also allows you to download PDFs with county-level data; Public Use Data Files, which are formatted for statistical analysis programs; and AskCHIS and AskCHIS NE, which offer zip code and city-level data in a web-based interactive database and requires free registration.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS)
Highlights the results of the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) for high school and middle school students in New Mexico. Features county-level reports on youth substance use, unintentional injury, and physical activity, among other factors.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: New Mexico Department of Health, New Mexico Public Education Department, New Mexico School of Medicine
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Healthy Native Youth
Website presents culturally-appropriate sexual health curricula that reflect the values and learning styles of American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Allows educators to review various curricula and provides a form for curricula submission.
Type: Website
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Virginia Health Data Portal
Interactive tool providing health-related data for Virginia. Includes information about cancer, chronic disease, communicable disease, demographics, drinking water, heath behavior, injury and violence, maternal and child health, opioid addiction, sexually transmitted infection, and social determinants of health.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health
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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus
Provides access to state and county-level data on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Also includes data on the social determinants of health and state-level data on the rural population.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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