Sexual Health and Safer Sex
How to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Contents
Sexually Transmitted Infections Overview
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- CATIE fact sheets on sexually transmitted infections
- STIs: What role do they play in HIV transmission? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections – Public Health Agency of Canada
More on sexually transmitted infections
Websites
- Sexual health and sexually transmitted infections – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Sexual health info – Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
- Sex and U: STIs – information and education on sexual health from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
Safer Sex
Methods to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Safer sex guide
- Oral sex
- CATIE statement on the use of condoms as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
- CATIE statement on the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
- CATIE statement on the use of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to maintain an undetectable viral load as a highly effective strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV
See also HIV Transmission and Prevention Technologies.
Understanding Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviours
Sexual behaviour change and HIV and hepatitis C transmission
- Sexual health promotion from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support
- Behavioural prevention interventions from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers
More on Behavioural change interventions
Sexual Health Education
Developing and implementing sexual health education programs and policies
- Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education – Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
- Questions & Answers: Sexual Orientation in Schools – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
- Questions & Answers: Sexual Health Education for Youth with Physical Disabilities – PHAC
- Questions and Answers: Gender Identity in Schools – PHAC
Websites
- Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights
- Sex and U – information and education on sexual health from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
