Preventive Health

Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Women (Part 2 of 4)

Additional Resources:

Publications

1.   Women's Mental Health — This special section of womenshealth.gov provides information on taking care of your mental health throughout the different stages of your life.

   http://www.womenshealth.gov/mh/

2.   Fact Sheet — Pap Test — This publication explains what a pap test is, why all women need routine pap tests, how it is performed, and what the results mean.

   http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/pap-test.cfm

3.   Chlamydia — This fact sheet describes the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and current research on chlamydia infection. Complications of chlamydia, including pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infection in newborns, also are discussed.

   http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/chlamydia/

4.   Fact Sheet — Chlamydia — This publication provides information on chlamydia infection, including its symptoms, how it is spread, how it is treated, and how to avoid contracting this STI.

   http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/chlamydia.cfm

5.   Fact Sheet — Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview — This fact sheet provides an overview of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the number of people affected, risk factors for, symptoms, and how STIs can hurt women and the unborn babies of pregnant women infected with an STI. It also provides information on how to get tested for STIs, treatment, and tips to prevent getting an STI.

   http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/sexually-transmitted-infections.cfm

Organizations

1.   National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS
2.   National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS
3.   National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, HHS
4.   National Prevention Information Network, CDC, HHS
5. American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Content last reviewed: November 16, 2009.