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SOURCE WEEK: PSA’s Done Right
This week it is SOURCE WEEK at The Feronia Project! All week we will be giving you a glimpse into the shining jewel that is The SOURCE. The SOURCE creates innovative theatre, film and videos that...
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Still Alive and Kicking: The Stigma of Living with HIV
I’ve been an HIV educator for nearly 20 years and I’m so saddened by a recent article in USA Today about a young woman’s struggle with the stigma attached to being HIV positive. Paige Rawl was born...
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The Condom of the Future
Humans have been using condoms for hundreds of years but they’ve seen very little innovation in the last 50 years. The reasons people don’t wear condoms have also remained static over the years – lack...
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STD Testing on College Campuses
This month, Florida Gulf Coast University students had the opportunity to receive free STD testing on campus! A civic engagement class was required to do something for their community and they found...
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Didn’t Learn That in Health Class!: STDs and Stigma
The way we talk about sexual health is incredibly important. If we want to reach a place in our society where people can easily gain access to reproductive health care, we need to learn to talk about...
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At the CDC, Unprotected Sex is Now Called Condomless Sex. Do You Agree With...
There’s some really interesting news coming out of the Centers for Disease Control today. (Count that in the sentences I never thought I’d write.) What we know as unprotected sex – aka, sex without a...
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The App That’s Helping Syphilis Spread
Some scary news is coming out of Onondaga County, NY. Between 2012 and 2013, the number of syphilis cases nearly doubled, and the smart phone app called Grindr is partly to blame. Grindr is a global...
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The ABC’s of STD Prevention
Today’s post is by “Obi,” a Nigerian doctor conducting his field experience at Planned Parenthood as part of his MPH program. He was a general practitioner in his home country with main interest and...
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The Condom That Kills STDs
BIG NEWS from the condom world! An Australian condom manufacturer is about to start producing a LifeStyles brand condom with Viva-Gel. Viva-Gel is a microbicide that is shown to disable viral STDs such...
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STD Testing During Pregnancy
So you just found out you or your partner is pregnant. There are so many things to think about, but one thing many people never think about is getting tested for STDs. Most prenatal visits include...
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3 Things Everyone Can Do to Prevent HIV
December 1st was World AIDS Day so we are reposting this one from a couple of years ago to highlight that not much changes in terms of HIV prevention… Although HIV has been a part of our lives for...
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The Challenges with a Cure for HIV
Today’s post is by “Obi,” a Nigerian doctor conducting his field experience at Planned Parenthood as part of his MPH program. He was a general practitioner in his home country with main interest and...
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What We’re Reading via The New York Times
If you don’t follow The New York Times, you should. One of the reasons we love it is because they publish excellent and timely articles on health, and we sex educators rely on it to stay up on the...
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HIV and Trans Women
Now that transgender issues are coming into mainstream conversation, here’s a repost of a topic that needs attention… Nearly a fifth of the world’s transgender women are infected with HIV. A 2013...
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HIV and Trans Women
Nearly a fifth of the world’s transgender women are infected with HIV. A recent analysis compiling the results of 39 studies involving 11,000 transgender women from 15 countries came to this startling...
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Condom Use Among Young African American Men
Today’s guest post was written a sex educator who specializes in peer-to-peer pregnancy prevention programs. He understands the cultural nuances that influence the decisions young people make and works...
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