From Vanderbilt's Collection
Infection of the innocents: wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900 by Call Number: Central, RC201.6 .F8 S54 2010ISBN: 0773537414
Protect yourself + protect your partner: gonorrhea : the facts. by Call Number: Available Online
Organizations
- ASHA: American Social Health Association"ASHA is America's authority for sexual health information. We are an award-winning and trusted 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of those at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) since 1914. ASHA specializes in communications outreach to the public, patients, press, providers, and policy makers by developing and delivering sensitive health information through many vehicles..."
- CDC Sexually Transmitted DiseasesCollection of resources from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Includes publications, data & statistics, treatment guidelines, etc.
- GYT: Get Yourself Tested"Responding to the fact that one in two young people will get a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by age 25—and most won’t know it—the GYT campaign is a youthful, empowering social movement to reduce the spread of STDs among young people through information; open communication with partners, health care providers, and parents; and testing and treatment as needed."
- National Prevention Information Network"The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference and referral service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN is a next-generation clearinghouse and collaborative community that collects and disseminates data and materials and enables prevention professionals on the international, national, state, and local levels to connect and share."
Useful Library of Congress Subject Headings
To get a sense of what we might have on the topic of sexual health, try a "SUBJECT begins with" search in Library Catalog using one of the sample Library of Congress Subject Headings listed below:
- Chlamydia infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases Early works to 1800
- Sexually transmitted diseases Prevention
Data & Statistics
Online titles from the CDC
- Protect yourself + protect your partner: chlamydia : the facts. byCall Number: Available Online
- Protect yourself + protect your partner: gonorrhea : the facts. byCall Number: Available Online
- Protect yourself + protect your partner: STDs and pregnancy : the facts byCall Number: Available Online
