They tell me that walking is a great way to help you get in shape and lose some of those unwanted pounds put on during the winter. And as my clothes begin to resemble sausage skin, it is pretty clear that I have a whole lot of extra pounds that I need taken off, and taken off quick. I can’t lie – by the time I get home from the plantation, exercising in the very last thing on my mind to do. But, I’ve got to do something and since I’ve just learned about how me walking might not only my life but also provide support for those in the final stages of breast cancer.
Here’s the deal, BeeWell Miles recently launched a campaign to help the Breast Cancer Network of Strength. The goal of the campaign which, began this year on April 1 and will run through October 31, 2009 is to raise fund to help the BCNS provide emotional support to those who can’t wait for tomorrow’s cure. Bumble Bee will donate $0.15/mile for every mile logged at BeeWellMiles.com (up to $200,000). Last year, BeeWeeMiles donated $150,000 to the Network.
That’s it! All you have to do is register, walk and log!
BTW…Did you get yours this year?
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Today, I'm "Rocking the Red Pump".
Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This nationwide observance is an initiative designed to raise awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls.
This is a call to action! Women represent 27% of all new AIDS cases with African-American women accounting for 66% of that group.
Here at Sojourner's Place, the issue of HIV/AIDS is of great concern and import. As in the past, we will continue to provide information, education, and resources on this dreaded disease.
Previous Related Posts:
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Bloggers Unite! Today is World AIDS Day
The Voices of the Chosen Ladies of Distinction
1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has an STD
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And the segment of Black Americans at the highest risk for contracting HIV are those: 
Sojourner's Place is pleased to be a participant in the 2009 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Initiated in 2001, this is an annual community mobilization HIV testing and treatment initiative. I encourage all Sojourners to visit the NBHAAD site to learn how you too can get involved in today's events and possibly help save a life.National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is directed, planned and organized by a working group of national organizations in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal of this partnership is to to mobilize communities and address specific issues in regards to local epidemics and best practices that are science-based and will influence the course of HIV in Black communities across our country.
HIV and AIDS remains a subject that many African Americans don't want to think about, let alone talk about. But, not thinking or talking about it has not stopped the spread of this deadly disease and virus in our community. There has been some criticism that HIV/AIDS is being dubbed to be "a Black disease" and therefore we should be suspect of the statistics presented to us. But, I suspect that anyone who knows about anything about these 6 letters up close and personal would probably ask the question "and what's your point?" As they know - that regardless of the color of your skin, for HIV and AIDS there is no known cure. The facts speak for themselves. They cannot be argued against. And the facts are:
Black Americans have:
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HIV/AIDS has been a global epidemic for more than 27 years. Most of today's youth have never known a world without it. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published national HIV incidence (new infections) that showed much higher numbers that previous estimates. The time is now. Together, we can prevent the spread of this pandemic – through awareness, care, prevention, education and research.
“HIV/AIDS has now become a pandemic that has literally put the world at risk, affecting diverse populations in different ways”. –Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA Director. Source
Original Post: August 5, 2008
Of the 992,865 AIDS cases reported to the Center for Disease Control through 2006, Blacks women accounted for 40% of the total. These are the voices of Ladies of Distinction, a group of 12 African American women, living life to the fullest and living life with HIV.
Contracting the virus:
"The health department came in and escorted me to JPS, and they confined me in a room," she says, the tears now streaming. "I will never forget the day they told me." Sharon, 27 contracted HIV via a blood transfusion when she was17."If you have $20 in your pocket, are you going to spend it on entertainment or a box of condoms? For a lot of people, condoms are at the bottom of their list." Daphne Myles, executive director of the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network in Fort Worth.
Before this support group, I was really depressed. felt ugly because of this disease." Karen struggles to protect her family from the stigma of her diagnosis.
"We have got to learn to love ourselves." Veronica, 36.
Prison’s revolving door:
"It’s not that all African-American men are messing around in prison, but a great majority are. I’ve seen it happen with all races." Jerry Wyatt who had HIV when he began serving a five-year sentence on drug charges in 1995.
"You have men coming out of prison who had sex with men and they’re not really gay, they’re just taking care of their sexual needs. He’s not going to practice homosexuality when he gets out of prison; he’s coming home to his wife." Vera Owens, a minister with the Minority AIDS Project in Los Angeles.
Living with HIV:
"People don’t want their employer to know they have HIV." Shannon Hilgart, associate executive director of the AIDS Outreach Center.
"The stigma of AIDS has left the nation with a generation that would rather die from the disease than admit they have it." Jasmine Burnett, development associate for the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles.
"I want a relationship, but I am afraid to tell him I have HIV." Karen
The preceding excerpts were taken from the article, Hit by HIV, black women reach in to cope, out to empower, by Jan Jarvis. I encourage all Sojourners to read it in its entirety. The statistics are certainly devastating...each statistic has a face...and as the numbers continue to rise the faces of this deadly virus are those of women and children of a "darker hue".
STAY INFORMED! STAY HEALTHY
Resources
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Drug abuse by any route can put a person at risk for getting HIV. This is because drug and alcohol intoxication affect judgment and can lead to unsafe sexual practices, which put people at risk for getting HIV or transmitting it to someone else. NIDA has developed the following resources to help educate, share and increase awareness of the AIDS issue.
NIDA’s Learn the Link Campaign
Learn the Link: drugs + HIV Web site and Resource
DROGAS + VIDA = Educate Web site and Resources in Español
d’cisions
Online Webisode Series
Other Campaign Materials
Drugs and HIV Resource Page
More Resources
MetroTeen AIDS
UN AIDS : The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Latino Commission on AIDS
AIDS.gov: The Federal government has developed a wealth of HIV/AIDS testing, prevention, treatment and research information. In addition, the following are some of the many resources you can use to help response to HIV/AIDS.
AIDS.gov blog about Using New Media Tools in Response to HIV/AIDS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – HIV/AIDS
Finding an HIV Testing Center Near You
KNOWIT HIV Testing Text Messaging Campaign
National HIV/AIDS Awareness Days
Podcasts from AIDS.gov
Updates from AIDS.gov from Twitter
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Yes, I'm being very sexist! This post is for the Sistas only! So all you Brothas who just had to troll by here to read what truths ole SjP was putting down...SHAME ON YOU! But, now that I have all y'all's undivided attention - keep on reading because what I have to say is really important. In fact, its truly a MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH!
So no more beating around the bush!
HERE ARE THE FACTS:
- African-American women with breast cancer are 67 percent more likely to die from the disease than their white counterparts. In addition, African-American breast cancer patients are younger when they are diagnosed and are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage disease than white women. Source
- African-American women who are premenopausal are twice as likely to get a certain type of breast tumor, one that is a particularly virulent form of breast cancer, than other women. Source
- African American women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age and have larger tumors and more lymph node involvement than Caucasian women, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reported today. Source
- Cancer is more likely to come back in the breasts of African-American women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery than in their white counterparts, according to the largest study of its kind. Source
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And that's all good; but its not enough to be aware. YOU GOT TO GET YOURS - YOUR MAMMOGRAM. I don't know about you, but I personally know about 10 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last 10 years. Thankfully, most are survivors but as I said most - not all! Tomorrow morning, I'm going to GET MINE because early detection is the KEY TO LIFE.
Sistas, if YOU GOT YOURS sign the Linky and let us know the date in the comments. If you haven't made your appointment - STOP NOW! GO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT and then come back and sign the Linky and put your appointment date in the comments.
And Brothas, if you've read this post and if you pledge to make sure that your wife, mother, auntie, and cousins'nem get their yearly mammo - you can sign, too! Remember this can mean LIFE or DEATH! And that's a VERY SERIOUS MATTER.
Painting: Circle of Promise by Synthia SAINT JAMES
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® commissioned artist Synthia SAINT JAMES to create “Circle of Promise” in support of its Circle of Promise program, an initiative dedicated to re-writing the story on breast cancer in the African American community. “Circle of Promise” is meant to inspire hope, healing, unity and love in our shared vision of creating a world without breast cancer.
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After creeping slowly and steadily upward most of the last 50 years, the number of babies born to young unmarried women quietly crossed a troubling threshold in 2006. For the first time in a half century of record-keeping, a majority of babies born to women younger than 30.
(Note: the orginal link to Karen Uhlenhuth's article has expired. Related articles are here, here, and here. Much obliged Ahmie for the hook up.)
Andrew Sum, an economist at Northwester University in Boston warns that the burgeoning number of such families presages “disaster.” His 2006 calculations are his most recent. Here's what he has to say about this "new normal" in American family life.
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This "new norm" seems to have become an issue now that the number of white unmarried women and teens having babies is on a significan rise. As long as it was assumed and "reported" that only African-Americans and other minority or low-income women and teenagers were having babies out-of-wedlock all was fine on the western-front. Now that statistis show that young white suburban teens are having babies, making pregnancy packs, and obviously having unprotected sex ITS TIME TO DO SOMETHING! But, of course we knew that would happen, didn't we?The inequality of incomes in these families is unbelievable. Forty percent are poor, or near-poor. A large fraction is dependent on public assistance. Unless the mother is very well-educated and has a bachelor’s degree or above, there’s a huge fiscal cost to the rest of us.The next generation of children is going to be much more unequal than what we have today. You’re going to have a really elite group and a group that will massively fall behind. These gaps are really extraordinary. I testified before Congress and said, ‘Look, guys, we really need to face this.
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So let's take a look at the longest of the three stages in delivering a baby. Stage 1: Early Labor, Active Labor, and Transition. In this stage, if everything goes smoothly, there are 3 very distinct parts.
Early Labor: The cervix begins to dilate from 0 to about 3 centimeters signaled by mild contractions that last up to a minute and come about every 5 to 20 minutes apart.
What you do: Deliver a 30 minute speech. You've been through this 4 times before. You know you have plenty of time before the baby comes.
Active Labor: The cervix dilates to nearly 7 centimeters signaled by stronger and longer contractions coming about every 2 to 4 minutes apart. But, it could take between 3 to 8 hours before the baby is actually delivered. Could be longer for first-timers or shorter for those who are "fruitful and multiplying". Breathing and relaxation techniques and walking are suppose to help with the "growing discomfort".
What you do: Prepare to catch a cab and go to the airport to take a 8 hour flight back home to deliver you 5th child. You've got time. You've been through this before. You're not one bit concerned about delivering a premature infant with Down's Syndrome.
The Transition: This is generally the shortest but mos difficult phase of labor - dilating from 7 to 10 centimeters. Contractions are harder lasting up to 90 seconds and they come more frequently - or never stop. Pain relief is a viable option at this time for those opting out of natural childbirth. The Transition could be longer for first-timers (up to 3 hours) or shorter for those who are "fruitful and multiplying" (about 15 minutes).
What you do: Take a flight to Alaska from Dallas that stops in Seattle. Don't let anyone know that you're in labor and about to deliver a premature baby; and arrive in Anchorage safe and sound in time to welcome a new life into the world at 6:30A.
It could happen! Really it could! It happened to Gov. Sarah Palin. Don't you believe her? Might be something to that "stork story".
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You Don’t Have to Have a Lump to Have Breast Cancer.
I knew nothing about Infammatory Breast Cancer until I received the video below from a very good friend and colleague. Please pass this very important information on to your mothers, sisters, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, and every woman with whom you come in contact.
There is more than one kind of breast cancer.
We have been taught and are reminded frequently by public service announcements and by the medical community that when a woman discovers a lump on her breast she should go to the doctor immediately. Inflammatory breast cancer usually grows in nests or sheets, rather than as a confined, solid tumor and therefore can be diffuse throughout the breast with no palpable mass. The cancer cells clog the lymphatic system just below the skin. Lymph node involvement is assumed. Increased breast density compared to prior mammograms should be considered suspicious.
You Don’t Have to Have a Lump to Have Breast Cancer.
Some women who have inflammatory breast cancer may remain undiagnosed for long periods, even while seeing their doctor to learn the cause of her symptoms. The symptoms are similar to mastitis, a breast infection and some doctors, not recognizing IBC, will prescribe antibiotics. If a response to antibiotics is not apparent after a week, a biopsy should be performed or a referral to a breast specialist is warranted.
Age 56: Median age at time of diagnosis of IBC … versus
Age 62: Median age at time of diagnosis of Breast Cancer. 1
A surprising portion of young women with IBC had their first symptoms during pregnancy or lactation. The misconception that these young women are at lower risk for breast cancer and the fact that IBC is the most aggressive form of breast cancer may result in metastases when the diagnosis is made.
Source: Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
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Of the 992,865 AIDS cases reported to the Center for Disease Control through 2006, Blacks women accounted for 40% of the total. These are the voices of Ladies of Distinction, a group of 12
African American women, living life to the fullest and living life with HIV.
Contracting the virus:
"The health department came in and escorted me to JPS, and they confined me in a room," she says, the tears now streaming. "I will never forget the day they told me." Sharon, 27 contracted HIV via a blood transfusion when she was17.
"If you have $20 in your pocket, are you going to spend it on entertainment or a box of condoms? For a lot of people, condoms are at the bottom of their list." Daphne Myles, executive director of the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network in Fort Worth.
"If you have $20 in your pocket, are you going to spend it on entertainment or a box of condoms? For a lot of people, condoms are at the bottom of their list." Daphne Myles, executive director of the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network in Fort Worth.
Before this support group, I was really depressed. felt ugly because of this disease." Karen struggles to protect her family from the stigma of her diagnosis.
"We have got to learn to love ourselves." Veronica, 36.
Prison’s revolving door:
"It’s not that all African-American men are messing around in prison, but a great majority are. I’ve seen it happen with all races." Jerry Wyatt who had HIV when he began serving a five-year sentence on drug charges in 1995.
"You have men coming out of prison who had sex with men and they’re not really gay, they’re just taking care of their sexual needs. He’s not going to practice homosexuality when he gets out of prison; he’s coming home to his wife." Vera Owens, a minister with the Minority AIDS Project in Los Angeles.
Living with HIV:
"People don’t want their employer to know they have HIV." Shannon Hilgart, associate executive director of the AIDS Outreach Center.
"The stigma of AIDS has left the nation with a generation that would rather die from the disease than admit they have it." Jasmine Burnett, development associate for the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles.
"I want a relationship, but I am afraid to tell him I have HIV." Karen
The preceding excerpts were taken from the article, Hit by HIV, black women reach in to cope, out to empower, by Jan Jarvis. I encourage all Sojourners to read it in its entirety. The statistics are certainly devastating...each statistic has a face...and as the numbers continue to rise the faces of this deadly virus are those of women and children of a "darker hue".
Photo Credit: The Chosen Ladies of Distinction, a group of about 12 HIV-positive women, meet weekly at the AIDS Outreach Center in Fort Worth to support one another. STAR-TELEGRAM/AMY PETERSON
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It's been slow blogging over here at Sojourner's Place for the last couple of weeks. With the exception of the weekly memes, I really haven't had much time for writing posts that have been provocative enough for even me to read. But, today, I think I got back into the blog-swing of things and resumed writing and visiting a few of my favorite and a couple of new blogs.
As always, I stopped by Regina's Family Seasons to read her Tuesday Guest Post and to thank her for dropping by SjP's for Wordless Wednesday. She's been busy moving so I was glad to see that she was now finding some time to inspire. In scrolling through, I saw her post entitled "Share the Love". Regina received this much deserved award from a dear friend of hers. And in passing it on, she humbled Sojourner's Place as one of the recipients.
The "Sharing The Love "Award, was created by Blogger Crystal at "Memoirs Of A Mommy" blog, in honor of donor who saved her one month old's life a year ago. Cyrstal's son Noah celebrated his first birthday this week thanks to someone you final gift was the gift of life.
In Crystal's own words, here are the rules of the Share the Love Award:
Much obliged, Regina! Very much obliged. I dedicate this Share the Love Award to the memory of a very special childhood friend who was taken from our midst a few years ago. A loving and gentle soul, my friend had one of the biggest and giving hearts of anyone I have ever known. So giving was her heart, her last and final gift was the gift of life. She was an organ donor.“Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog.
**All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same**
As you may have recently seen on my side bar, I have finally created a custom blog award!! I have wanted to do this for a long time but never came up with something that “fit”. I didn’t want just anything. It had
to be something that meant something to me. And what could mean more than Sharing the Love by giving you pieces of my heart??So I created this award in Honor Of The Donor That Saved Noah’s Life. I share this award with those of you whose love and friendship have enriched my life and made my world a better place.I hope by passing this award around the blogging world we can all help raise awareness of the need for Organ Donation.”
So in memory of my friend, I am sharing the love with:
From My Brown Eyed View
New Black Woman
Modern Musings
Don't Color Me
Coffee Stained News
Black Perspective.net
Beautiful, Also, Are the Souls of Black Sisters
Black Tennis Pros
Black Women Blow the Trumpet
Hagar's Daughters
There are so many more of you who have inspired and shared your love with me - and many of you also received this award from Regina. And to all of you, I say Much Obliged! Very Much Obliged!
Regina Passed the Share the Love Award on to:
You Better Recognize
The Marvalus View
The World Through The Eyes Of Me
Talk ...To ...Grams!
Songs In The Key Of Life
Sit With Me Awhile
ShAe-ShAe's Blog
Random Thoughts
Not before 7
My Three Wisemans
My Chaos My Bliss
Mrs. Grapevine
Miscellaneous Matters
Maki Meji
Lisa C Writes
Gill's Jottings
Free To Fly
Five Dollar Shake
Days Like These!
Chocol8t Diaries
Character Corner
Lifesong
HealthNut WannaBe Mom
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The statistics indicate that one in five of us will develop breast cancer is pretty scary! What's even scarier is that I personally know 11 women (1 maternal aunt, 1 2nd cousin, 5 co-workers, 3 close friends) who have battled this terrible disease. I am joyful that 9 of these brave women are still kicking this deceased in the butt - while 2 others sadly succumbed to its deadly invasion.
I hope you will take some time to read this post and most importantly encourage your mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, nieces, and friends to get checked yearly. Yeah, I know...I don't like being squished, and squashed, flopped and flipped either - but that little bit of discomfort is a small price to pay for my life and the lives of my daughters.
So, I offer you this post in recognition of Women's History Month and the Fight Against Breast Cancer! Hope you will be inspired to join the Fight!
In recognition of Women's Health Month, Black America Web honored three women who have dedicated their lives to closing the health gap for the black community. According to BAW: This dynamic trio of great strength has something else in common. Each of these women knows what it’s like to learn that her sister has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
As Program Director, Dr. Browne manages the breast cancer prevention research portfolio that is focused on the development of chemo prevention agents for breast cancer. She is a 2007 Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where her research focused on estrogen receptor negative breast cancer health disparities.
Ms. Lipscomb serves as the director of the State Office of Minority Health as an advocate for effective health services for Alabama’s underserved, and diverse ethnic and racial populations. As the Director of Minority Health, Ms. Lipscomb reviews and consults on health policies to assess their cultural competence, reducing disparities, and increasing accessibility to health care systems.
Since 1996, Ms. Sheats has led the NBLIC, a national program aimed at reducing cancer health disparities among African Americans, consisting of four regions including 33 volunteer community coalitions in 30 states. Understanding that advances made through cancer research will be of no benefit to the African American community unless the information is readily available, the NBLIC disseminates information on cancer incidence, treatment, and prevention to the African American community in ways that are culturally sensitive and appropriate.
The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn how environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer. A total of 50,000 women will join the effort to find the causes of breast cancer.
The risk for breast cancer increases as you get older. It is the most common cancer (excluding skin cancer) and the most common cause of cancer death in women over the age of 65. Research shows that breast cancer rates rise as women age, with a notable increase among women between the ages of 50 and 75.
The Sister Study is the first study of its kind to look only at sisters of women with breast cancer. Sisters share certain genes and risk factors and sisters of women with breast cancer have a higher risk of getting the disease themselves. More of them will have exposures or genes that may be important for breast cancer. This will make it easier for researchers to identify risk factors for breast cancer.
You can Join the Sister Study if:
- Your sister, related to you by blood, had breast cancer.
- You are between the ages of 35 and 74.
- You have never had breast cancer yourself.
- You are a woman living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico
You can help the Sister Study by spreading the word and volunteering.
Sister Study Walking and Talking Points for Volunteers
To help future generations possibly avoid facing this disease, they joined the effort to find the CAUSES of breast cancer. Please consider joining these champions and the thousands of other African American women participating in the Sister Study.
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I need some real help trying to understand this one. O.K., so Hillary is going around everywhere talking about the need for affordable health care for ALL Americans...ain't got no problem with that! In fact, I heard her talking with a man who had recently lost a loved one because of the lack of health care. It was a heart-wrenching story and of course, the Senator was both teary and somber...got a problem with that!
Here's why! Apart from this news bite appearing to be a hypocritical photo-op, I was blinded by the recent reports permeating the media that Clinton has not paid the health insurance premiums for her team for the last two months! According to one article: During the first two months of the year, the campaign did not pay down any of that debt. In fact, it accrued another $16,000 in unpaid bills last month, and it finished the month owing Aetna $229,000.
Now, I heard somewhere (tic) that the Clintons made over 100 million dollars since 2000. And I also heard the Senator say that she "has nothing against rich people" - guess not since she is one. But, here's my issue/question: if she could afford to loan her campaign 5 mil a couple of months ago CAN'T she afford to pay the 229K in health insurance benefits for her staff - not to mention the other 16K owed to vendors. Seems to me that she's got her priorities mixed. Guess she's feeling the recession, too.
All this - and more - make me wonder just what she meant by "he [Obama] can't win!". Did she really mean that Obama can't beat McCain and she can or how dare Obama take away her birth-right? You know what I think...what about you?
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The Center for Disease Control released estimates that 26% of U.S. young women between 14 and 19 is infected with at least one of the most common STDs. What that means is that 3,200,000 teenage girls have HPV, chlamydia, herpes, and or trichinosis .
According to the study's principal investigator, Sara Forhan, M.D., M.P.H., African-American teenage girls were most severely affected. Nearly half of the young African-American women - 48% - or 1,536,000 were infected with an STD, compared to 20 percent of young white women.
“High STD infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,” said John M. Douglas, Jr., M.D., director of CDC’s Division of STD Prevention. “STD screening and early treatment can prevent some of the most devastating effects of untreated STDs.”
CDC recommends annual chlamydia screening for sexually active women under the age of 25. CDC also recommends that girls and women between the ages of 11 and 26 who have not been vaccinated or who have not completed the full series of shots be fully vaccinated against HPV.
The study of STDs among teenage girls is one of several presented today at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference that highlights the significant burden of STDs among girls and women, and identifies creative prevention strategies for reducing the toll of STDs in the United States.
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