The Conant Foundation is a non-profit education foundation providing patients and their caregivers with the educational tools and information they need to make the best possible decisions regarding diagnosis, treatment, and management of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
It is our goal to work towards the elimination of sexually transmitted diseases and make sex safe regardless of when or where it occurs.
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Sexual Health Education for Teenagers
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic has evolved over the years, the Conant Foundation has shifted its focus to those who would most benefit from education and advocacy on this important public health issue. As more and more data shows that the epidemic is now affecting new and differing populations, such as women and minorities, we have begun a new program that is designed to educate teenagers about sexual health, including (and most importantly) HIV/AIDS:
Get senior high school students tested for HIV
The CDC recommends getting tested for HIV once a year, unless you are specifically not at risk. As teenagers in this country are becoming sexually active at younger and younger ages, it is important that these teenagers are taught that HIV testing should be an important part of their routine healthcare; however, educating teenagers about sexual health is not always an easy endeavor. Many social barriers make it nearly impossible to education teenagers on sexual health in many communities across the United States.
Our local program seeks to fill these gaps and allow for the creation of a trend that will hopefully continue on a nationwide level. As we engage a small senior high school, one which has little or no barriers to sexual health education, and convince those students that HIV testing is a necessary aspect of their healthy lives, we hope that by leading by example, these same students will help educate other teenagers in differing communities about the dangers of HIV and the positive aspects of knowing your HIV status.
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H. Boden Gregory
(415) 255-0806 Office
hgregory@conantfoundation.org
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Anyone sharing the goals of the Conant Foundation who would be interested in becoming a sponsor or advertiser is invited to contact us at hgregory@conanfoundation.org or by writing: Conant Foundation c/o H. B. Gregory, 4053 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114.
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