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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Prevention

Effective measures for the primary prevention of chlamydia infection include:

Accurate risk assessment and education and counseling
- High-intensity behavioral counseling for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk for STDs and HIV
- Videos and large-group presentations
Practicing abstinence
Avoiding high-risk sexual behaviors such as unprotected sex or multiple sexual partners
Using latex condoms (consistently and correctly)
Being in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner

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 ==Prevention==
-Not having [[sexual intercourse]] ([[abstinence]]) is the only absolute method of preventing [[gonorrhea]]. A monogamous sexual relationship with an individual known to be free of any [[STD]] can reduce risk. Monogamous means you and your partner do not have sex with any other persons.
+Effective measures for the primary prevention of chlamydia infection include:
-You can greatly lower your risk of catching an [[STD]] by using a [[condom]] every time you have sex. [[Condoms]] are available for both men and women, but are most commonly worn by the man. A [[condom]] must be used properly every time.
+*Accurate risk assessment and education and counseling
-To further prevent the spread of [[infection]], [[treatment]] of all sexual partners is important.
-*Accurate risk assessment and education and counseling of persons at risk on ways to avoid STDs
 **High-intensity behavioral counseling for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk for STDs and HIV
-**Videos and large-group presentations can provide explicit information concerning STDs and reducing disease transmission
+**Videos and large-group presentations
-**Abstain from oral, vaginal, and anal sex
+*Practicing abstinence
-**Be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with a partner known to be uninfected
+*Avoiding high-risk sexual behaviors such as unprotected sex or multiple sexual partners
-*Identification of asymptomatically infected persons and persons with symptoms associated with STDs
+*Using latex condoms (consistently and correctly)
-*Use condom consistently and correctly, male latex condoms are highly effective in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV infection
+*Being in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner
-*Effective diagnosis, treatment, counseling, and follow up of infected persons
-*Evaluation, treatment, and counseling of sex partners of persons who are infected with gonorrhea
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