STD Awareness Month - April 2005

April is STD Awareness Month

Herpesonline, STD Resource Network and Yoshi2me have joined together to bring information to visitors that they may print out and take with them to their healthcare provider and distribute in various non-intrusive ways and we've just launched the Awareness Ribbon Campaign.

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Print out either the Teen Awareness or STD Awareness flyer. These are designed to give you six per page. We are all about doing things affordably but most of all effectively.

Here are a couple of ideas on just how to distribute awareness...

How many times do you receive junk mail that includes a pre-paid envelope for return mailing and just throw them away? Ever think about utilizing that method to increase awareness? Perhaps it's an easy way to have yourself removed from their mailing list!

Also, paying bills doesn't have to be all bad, does it? Next time you pay a bill, simply slip one of these little flyers in with your payment and feel better about not only paying your bill but perhaps educating the person who has the task of opening that payment.

There are two versions of the Awareness Flyers. Examples provided here:

Example: Teen Awareness Flyer

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April is STD Awareness Month

- Today -

* 10,000 Teens will contract an STD

* 2,400 Teenage Girls will become pregnant

* 55 Teens will contract HIV

Chlamydia - more common among teens than older adults

Gonorrhea – higher rates in teens than older adults

As many as 15% of sexually active teenage women are infected with HPV, many with the type of HPV linked to cervical cancer.

Many STDs cause few or no symptoms

and are NOT a part of Standard STD Testing!

Get Informed (Information & Support Available)

Example: Standard Awareness Flyer

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April is STD Awareness Month

- This Year -

12-15 million Americans will contract an STD

5 million will contract HPV

3 to 4 million will contract Chlamydia

800,000 will contract gonorrhea

500,000 will contract herpes

1 in 5 Americans over the age of 12 have herpes

Many STDs cause few or no symptoms

and are NOT a part of Standard STD Testing!

Get Informed (Information & Support Available)

www.yoshi2me.com

www.herpesonline.org

We are working to bring more and more information to this effort so if you have any ideas you would like to see listed, please drop us an email.