Recommendations for STI screening and treatment change with time. Stay up-to-date with the following apps:
Check out these great general resources for sexual health:
- Amaze: Medically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sexual health information for children, adolescents, parents, educators, and clinicians (videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Amaze Jr: Same as above, for elementary and preschool ages
- American Sexual Health Association: Wide range of resources for all ages, including how to communicate with healthcare providers about sexual health
- BCH’s Young Men’s Health: Variety of health guides on sexual health
- BCH’s Young Women’s Health: Variety of health guides on sexual health
- Bedsider: Family planning resources, with extensive information about condoms and other sexual health topics
- CDC’s Condom Effectiveness: Resource on how to use condoms and find free / low-cost condoms (internal, external, dental dams, etc.)
- Human Rights Campaign’s Safer Sex for Trans Bodies
- Queer RI’s Sexual Health: LGBTQIA+ related resources for Rhode Islanders and beyond
- RIghtTime: App and website developed by RIDOH about sexual health, including local resources as well as facts about STI prevention, family planning, and LGBTQ+ related information
- Scarleteen: Inclusive, comprehensive, supportive information on sexuality and relationships for teens and emerging adults
- Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: Resource guide for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive people on a variety of topics including sexual health
And check out these awesome local resources in Rhode Island:
- RIDOH’s STI resources
- The Miriam Hospital’s STI Clinic: Open to all patients, including those without insurance; financial assistance programs are available, and testing is provided to free to patients without insurance
- Testing 1-2-3: Program through RIDOH and the Miriam Hospital’s STI clinic, offering testing to patients without STI symptoms who have insurance; patients sign up online and visit a local lab for testing (no clinic visit needed!)
- AIDS Care Ocean State: Free, confidential, and anonymous testing for HIV and hepatitis C
- Community Health Centers with free or low-cost options for STI testing:
- Other options:
- School-based health centers in RI (for patients in high school)
- Urgent care centers in RI
- APRI home HIV testing
- AGAPE HIV and hepatitis C testing at Woonsocket drop-in center
- CVS Minute Clinics offer STI testing but require insurance
Blog post based on Med-Peds Forum talk by Jack Rusley, Adolescent Medicine Core Faculty