The resources on this page are all created by the CTC-SRH to assist clinical services providers in managing common sexual and reproductive health concerns and related preventive health care issues. Some resources are helpful before, during, and after clinical encounters as quick reference guides, while others are focused at implementing or improving new services or protocols.
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This job aid offers providers a quick reference guide to screening and staging syphilis.
This algorithm will support providers in staging and treatment for early primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis.
This job aid offers providers a quick reference guide to syphilis treatment.
This algorithm assists providers in treating clients considered to have late latent syphilis (>1 year duration) or syphilis of unknown duration.
Learning Labs address specific topics of interest for providers who are new to Title X. This session was recorded on July 16, 2024.
This training aims to enhance the confidence and competency of healthcare professionals in the safe prescribing of hormonal and non-hormonal contraceptive methods, as well as using fertility awareness-based methods. The training includes a comprehensive review of the benefits and potential side effects, enabling new clinicians and their support staff to feel comfortable providing effective contraceptive services within the Title X setting.
Participants will be able to:
Before watching the Learning Lab, participants should complete pre-work which includes reviewing the following links & downloading the free CDC Contraception app.
Pre-work:
US MEC and SPR from the CDC
Providing Intrauterine Contraception from CTC-SRH
Contraception mobile app from CDC
This video is the third and final part of the Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) video series. It is intended to accompany the Clinician Guide for TIC. This video series serves as a multi-part guide for clinicians, emphasizing the importance of TIC and how to implement TIC into clinical practices. The videos feature the narrative of Stephanie Tillman, CNM, FACNM, a prominent midwife, activist, and scholar in trauma-informed care and queer inclusivity.
The contents of this video are solely the responsibility of the author(s)/presenters and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the Office of Population Affairs/OASH/HHS or the U.S. Government. This video was supported by 1 FPTPA006031-03-00 issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,000,000 with 100 percent funded by the Office of Population Affairs/OASH/HHS.
This patient information resource can be offered to clients who are interested in or who have been prescribed Doxy PEP as a post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent the acquisition of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis.
Title X agencies should have all patient-facing materials, such as the handout above, reviewed and adapted by their Informational & Educational (I&E) Advisory Committee. Learn more about I&E Materials Review.
This job aid supports providers in counseling, prescribing, and monitoring Doxy PEP as a post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent the acquisition of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis.
This algorithm assists providers in screening for syphilis starting with an initial nontreponemal test (e.g., Venereal Disease Research Laboratory [VDRL] or rapid plasma reagin [RPR] test) then confirming positive results with a reflex treponemal antibody detection test (e.g., fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed [FTA-ABS] test, chemoluminescence immunoassays [CIA], enzyme immunoassays [EIA], or T pallidum particle agglutination [TP-PA] test).
This algorithm assists providers in screening for syphilis, starting with an initial automated treponemal test (e.g., fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed [FTA-ABS] test, chemoluminescence immunoassays [CIA], enzyme immunoassays [EIA], or T pallidum particle agglutination [TP-PA] test) and then confirming positive results with a reflex nontreponemal test (e.g., Venereal Disease Research Laboratory [VDRL] or rapid plasma reagin [RPR] test).
Learning Labs address specific topics of interest for providers who are new to Title X. This session was recorded on June 24, 2024.
Participants will be able to:
Before watching the Learning Lab, participants should complete pre-work, which consists of reviewing Title X resources. In this recorded 60-minute live learning lab, presenters reviewed the pre-work, answered questions or concerns, and discussed case studies to apply skills and information in a live setting with peers.
Pre-work:
Title X Orientation: Program Requirements for Title X Funded Family Planning Projects eLearning on RHNTC Website
Title X Service Grants on OPA Website
As part of the Combatting Congenital Syphilis trilogy, the CTC-SRH speaks with Louisiana Department of Health's Michael Carter, a regional STD Control manager, and Ariel Johnson, a disease intervention specialist (DIS)/contact tracer, about their role in addressing syphilis and HIV and how clinicians and DIS can leverage relationships to help their communities.
