STD Awareness Campaign Resources

This webpage includes links to existing national, state, and local STD Awareness Campaigns and related resources. Many of these campaigns can be customized to connect audiences with local information and resources.

For questions about the below resources, or to share a new campaign, please email STDHealthEd@cdph.ca.gov.

April 10-16 is STD Awareness Week! Learn more about STD Awareness Week this year from our Dear Colleague Letter (PDF). You can also pick your campaign and learn more about this year's campaign themes from CDC.

National STD Awareness Campaigns & Related Resources

Amaze.org: animated videos to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Building Healthy Online Communities (BHOC): resources and information to promote gay men’s sexual health online

Check out BHOC's ad campaign clearinghouse

CDC’s STD Awareness Month webpage: page is updated annually with new STD Awareness Month theme and shareable resources
Five Action Steps to Good Sexual Health: campaign to promote sexual health for all (National Coalition for Sexual Health)
GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign: national campaign to promote STD testing among young people (CDC)
Health is Power campaign: national campaign to promote sexual health among young African American men
Know More Hepatitis campaign: national campaign to promote hepatitis C testing among baby boomers
Know Hepatitis B campaign: national campaign promote hepatitis B testing among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Take Charge of Your Sexual Health campaign: guide pretested with the public that outlines preventive sexual health care services recommended for adults and adolescents (National Coalition for Sexual Health)
Yes Means Test campaign: national campaign to promote STD testing among young people (American Sexual Health Association)
National Coalition for Sexual Health Public Awareness Materials: sexual health awareness materials to download and print

California-based STD Awareness Campaigns & Related Resources

Condom Access Project (CAP): statewide condom access program and digital condom map for youth ages 12-19 (Essential Access Health)
Congenital Syphilis awareness materials
California-specific infographics: for support customizing these infographics, please contact STDHealthEd@cdph.ca.gov
TalkWithYourKids.org: statewide campaign and website to promote parent-child communication about sexual health (Essential Access Health)
TeenSource.org: website with blogs and videos to promote sexual health among young people (Essential Access Health)

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Local Examples of STD Awareness Campaigns

I know. campaign: campaign to promote at-home self-collected chlamydia and gonorrhea testing for young women, girls, transmen, and any person with a vagina; active in Alameda, Los Angeles (including Pasadena), San Diego, and San Francisco
Know Your Risk campaign: STD awareness campaign in Kern County, California
Pee in a Cup campaign: STD awareness campaign in Vallejo, California
Syphilis, It’s Back. Get Tested. Get Treated. campaign: syphilis awareness campaign in Shasta County, California
Facts Over Fear campaign: virtual STD awareness campaign in San Diego, California