General Information about Sexually Transmitted Infections

STI/HIV Client-Based Prevention Program

The Client Based Prevention Services program provides statewide follow-up to ensure persons infected with, or at high risk for, STD and HIV receive test results, treatment, risk-reduction counseling, referrals, partner notification services, and prevention case management for HIV infected/affected individuals. The program provides additional activities including public information, selected group level interventions, client satisfaction assessment and advocacy to improve services and referrals and decrease disease transmission and content expertise and preceptorships.

• General Info About Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Where can I get tested for an STD and HIV

• 2006 guidelines for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases

• CDC HIV partner counseling and referral services (PCRS) guidance

Program Description

What It Does

Provides highly focused statewide outreach with STD and/or HIV infected and exposed persons, technical assistance, capacity building for and oversight of Partner notification (PN) services.

• Follow-up to ensure that untreated STD-infected and uncounseled HIV infected persons receive test results, counseling and treatment

• Prevention case management

• Partner counseling and referral services (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, persons co-infected with Hepatitis C and HIV )

• Counseling and testing, including social network testing

• Differential screening; identification of needed services

• Referral to contracted, community and other Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment services

• Service of public health orders

• Support for chlamydia testing, counseling and treatment of high risk persons and their partners in STD and Title X family planning clinics and outreach settings

• Collection, review, summary of operational data to improve services

• Provide content expertise in services provided 

Whom the Program Serves

• Persons with HIV infection that are unaware of their serostatus

• Persons with HIV that are not in care or treatment or are continuing to participate in risk behaviors

• Persons co-infected with Hepatitis C and HIV

• Persons with syphilis

• Selected persons with a diagnosis of gonorrhea or chlamydia

• Persons at risk for chlamydia

• Partners and persons in the social and behavioral networks of those above

Office Phone Numbers:

• Denver Regional Office: 303-692-2963

• Grand Junction Regional Office: 970-248-7146

• Pueblo Regional Office: 719-545-4650

Mission:

To treat, control, and prevent the spread and complications of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) including HIV and other designated diseases that are transmitted sexually or through intravenous drug use.

Statutory Reference

CRS 25-4-1401 et seq (HIV/AIDS); CRS 25-4-4 et seq (STD); CRS 25-1-122 (Communicable diseases); CRS 25-1-107 (Communicable diseases); CRS 19-3-304 (Child abuse reporting by CDPHE). The full text of these statutes is available at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regulations.