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January 17, 2012 – 6:47 pm
The New York Times By JAN HOFFMAN Published: December 30, 2011 Health groups and school districts are using Web sites and texts to reach teenagers. While heading to class last year, Stephanie Cisneros, a Denver-area high school junior, was arguing with a friend about ways that sexually transmitted diseases might be passed along. Ms. Cisneros knew she could [...]
December 6, 2011 – 1:06 pm
Healthcare IT News December 6th, 2011 Eric Wicklund, Contributing Editor WASHINGTON – The practice of medicine is undergoing a sea change, thanks to the smartphone. So said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other speakers, such as Eric Topol, vice chairman of the West Wireless Health Institute, at the mHealth Summit, a three-day [...]
October 3, 2011 – 4:53 pm
Using tech to battle STDs HealthyCal.org Published: October 2, 2011 Print Email Comments (2) By Matthew Perry As public health budgets are slashed, and money for sex education and outreach evaporates, California public health officials are slowly introducing new technologies including texting and computer-based training to combat climbing rates of STDs. Around the state, schools [...]
October 11, 2010 – 8:35 am
Those of us working to prevent STDs, HIV and unplanned pregnancy among youth can toast to a new report from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior indicating that condom use has become a norm for teens, with a “vast majority of sexually active 14- to 17-year-olds — 80 percent of boys and 69 [...]
September 14, 2010 – 3:29 pm
Every 60 Seconds More Than 17 Young Americans Contract a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) www.forbes.com This year more than 9 million new cases of STDs will be contracted by American men and women ages 15 to 24, accounting for nearly half of all newly acquired STDs in the U.S. The number of reported cases of [...]
September 7, 2010 – 12:13 pm
We have two job openings at ISIS. Announcements below. Read all the way down to get to submission requirements. ISIS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preventing STIs, including HIV, unplanned pregnancies and unhealthy relationships among youth and young adults. We use new media, mobile and Internet technology to reach large number of youth [...]
Interview with Deb Levine of ISIS – Youth Trends Report Interview conducted by Ben Leis “Deb Levine is the Executive Director of Internet Sexuality Information Services – ISIS, Inc. – a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to developing Internet technologies to enhance the sexual well-being of individuals and communities. She has been working professionally on the [...]
July, 2010 Dear ISIS Supporter, Summer is here and things are heating up at ISIS. Here’s a little taste of what we’ve been up to: ISIS in the News: Thomson-Reuters published an article on ISIS’ Executive Director and Founder, Deb Levine, and her mission to use technology for sexual health. Read “Sex ed entrepreneur trades [...]
In Juvenile Hall, a Struggle over STD Testing High rates of sexually transmitted diseases among incarcerated youth reflect a broader problem By Trey Bundy Incarcerated youth in San Francisco usually come from high-crime, economically depressed neighborhoods, and bring with them the health issues associated with poverty and poor access to medical care. Case in point: [...]
By Deborah L. Cohen CHICAGO | Wed Jul 7, 2010 3:16pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) – Deb Levine started her online sex education company because she was bored putting condoms on bananas as a way to teach students about safe sex. What began as a simple Internet sexual Q&A column nearly 20 years ago – Go [...]
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