1.2: Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies

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How We Will Accomplish Our Objective - Expand abstinence education programs and use evaluation and technical assistance to identify and promote successful approaches, especially those oriented toward young people. - Incorporate abstinence messages into Department programs that target adolescents. - Provide assistance for state, tribal, and local efforts to monitor and reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). - Promote the implementation of effective HIV and STD prevention programs that target populations most at risk, including implementation in HHS-funded programs such as community health centers. - Provide assistance to help states, tribes, schools, faith-based and community-based organizations, and medical and public health professionals develop curricula and train staff in the prevention of STD and HIV infection. - Support research to learn more about the prevention of STDs and HIV and develop more effective prevention strategies, including biomedical and behavioral interventions.

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