{"id":248,"date":"2025-10-22T18:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/?p=248"},"modified":"2025-10-22T18:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:23:44","slug":"info-on-youth-access-to-confidential-free-sti-testing-teen-risk-prevention-cdph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/info-on-youth-access-to-confidential-free-sti-testing-teen-risk-prevention-cdph\/","title":{"rendered":"Info on youth access to confidential, free STI testing; teen risk &#038; prevention. CDPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2B\">STI Prevention\u00a0for Youth and Young\u00a0Adults<\/h2>\n<p>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common and most STIs don\u2019t have symptoms. The only way to know if you have an STI is to get tested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Take care of yourself and your sexual partners by getting tested\u00a0for STIs. It is especially important for teens and young adults to get tested for STIs; teens and young adults are more likely to have an STI compared to older age groups. Teens 12 and older in California can get free, confidential STI testing and treatment. \u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2B\">Find STI and Sexual Health Services Near You<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsItemContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gettested.cdc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find a free STI or HIV test site near you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pleaseprepme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find PrEP near you to prevent HIV infection\u200b<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DOA\/Pages\/OAprevention.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find HIV prevention and harm reduction services near you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familypact.org\/provider-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find a Family PACT provider near you\u200b<\/a>\u00a0to get confidential, free sexual health services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2B\">Get STI Testing at Home<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsItemContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/takemehome.org\/?utm_source=cdph&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=cdph-stdcb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order a free at-home HIV test and find out if you qualify to order a free at-home STI test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dontthinkknow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See if you qualify to order a free chlamydia and gonorrhea home test kit<\/a>\u00a0through the Don\u2019\u200bt Think Know program (this program is only available in participating counties).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2B\">\u200bLearn about Your Rights to Access Confidential Sexual Health Services<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsItemContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teensource.org\/know-your-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Know Your Rights to Sexual Health Services in California<\/a>\u00a0(TeenSource)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abortion.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abortion access in California<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2B\">Other Resources<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsItemContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/STI\/STI-Overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about STIs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teensource.org\/condoms\/free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find free condoms near you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teensource.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get sexual health information for teens by teens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DOA\/Pages\/OA_Youth_Community_Health_in_California.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find more HIV, STI, and hepatitis C information, prevention, and treatment services for youth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedsider.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u200bLearn more about birth control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Credit sources\u00a0 (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/\">https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/STIPreventionYouth.aspxPrograms\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STI Prevention\u00a0for Youth and Young\u00a0Adults Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common and most STIs don\u2019t have symptoms. The only way to know if you have an STI is to get tested. Take care of yourself and your sexual partners by getting tested\u00a0for STIs. It is especially important for teens and young adults to get tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.goigi.biz\/teenthreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}