STI Awareness Campaign Resources

This webpage includes links to existing national, state, and local STI 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 9–15, 2023 is STI Awareness Week! You can also pick your campaign and learn more about this year's campaign themes from CDC.

National STI 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 and their report on Maximizing Effectiveness When Placing Online Ads (PDF)

CDC’s STI Awareness Month webpage: page is updated annually with new STI Awareness Month themes, shareable resources, and a campaign toolkit
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 STI 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
World Hepatitis Day campaign: international campaign sponsored by the World Hepatitis Alliance to promote hepatitis testing worldwide
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 STI 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 STI Awareness Campaigns & Related Resources

Girl, Get Tested: a public awareness campaign promoting syphilis and HIV screening for cisgender women centering Black/African American women due to inequitable infection rates and historic and persistent gaps in providing accessible testing and care (Essential Access Health)
Mpox Campaign Toolkit for LHJ/CBO Use – Images and suggested messaging for local health jurisdictions and community-based organizations to educate their communities on how to reduce the spread of mpox.
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
Let's Talk Mpox Q&A Campaign: CDPH campaign with social media Q&A’s to share information about mpox with local communities
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 STI Awareness Campaigns

I Know campaign: self-collected testing campaign/program for individuals to test for STIs in the privacy of their home or wherever they feel comfortable; active in Alameda, Los Angeles (including Pasadena), San Diego, and San Francisco
Know Your Risk campaign: STI awareness campaign in Kern County, California
Facts Over Fear campaign: virtual STI awareness campaign in San Diego, California

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