Teens and STIs

In this episode I speak with Dr. Deb Kahal, Medical Director of the Holloway Community Program in Delaware, which provides testing and treatment for HIV, AIDS, and Hep C, and with Dr. Steve Eppes, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician. We'll be reviewing the epidemiology of adolescent STIs, screening recommendations, treatment, and why it's important for us non-PCPs to address adolescent STIs.

Here is the link for the USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task Force) Infectious Disease Screening Recommendations:  uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org. These are the summary statements and are pretty detailed if you like in-depth reviews of the literature behind the decision making.

For a quicker reference table, the CDC has a table of screening guidelines: https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/screening-recommendations.htm