Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection Knowledge in South Park with Sea Mar

Our project goal was to help Sea Mar Health Educators better facilitate education about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), while improving patient health literacy about STIs and stressing the importance of screening and prevention. To accomplish our goal, we created an easy-to-understand educational handout about the most common STIs: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HPV and HIV. The handout describes what the infections are, their symptoms, risks, treatment and methods of prevention. We chose a 5th grade reading level for our handout to assist with improved health literacy outcomes. We also simplified medical terms and concepts.  The purpose of this handout is not to answer all the questions, but rather to provide the patient enough information that they will feel more able to facilitate a conversation about STIs with their health provider.

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