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Promoting Safe Sex Practices And Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention In The Adolescent Population In Ridgefield, Ct, Gina Jin
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Adolescents are a uniquely at-risk population for the spread of preventable sexually-transmitted infections. Direct lifetime medical costs of sexually transmitted infections (per CDC) is nearly $16 billion in the United States. Nearly half (46%) of all new STIs in the country occur among young people (ages 15-24). Because of this, effective STI prevention in the adolescent population is important and should be further investigated.
Access To Prep In Plattsburgh, New York (Cvph Family Medicine), Kelly Knight
Access To Prep In Plattsburgh, New York (Cvph Family Medicine), Kelly Knight
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
This project examines ways to increase access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Plattsburgh, New York (located in Clinton County). After a review of the current literature on the subject and interviews with community members, an intervention was conducted at CVPH Family Medicine. EHR tools were generated and distributed to providers in the practice, with the goal of increasing the distribution of patient education materials about PrEP.