Health Center: Family Planning: Health Education and Related Resources

Adopting healthy behaviors such as eating nutritious foods, being physically active, and avoiding tobacco can prevent or control the devastating effects of many diseases. The Shawnee County Health Agency is committed to providing educational programs and links to resources that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability and ensure a long, productive, healthy life for all people.

Services

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): www.cdc.gov
  (includes A-Z Health Library List)
• National Women’s Health Information Center: www.4woman.gov
• National Women’s Health Resource Center: www.healthywomen.org
• Epigee Birth Control Guide: www.epigee.org/guide/index.html
• Kansas Methamphetamine Prevention Project www.ksmethpreventionproject.org
• Topeka YWCA Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program: www.topeka.ywca.org/tpp

Health Agency Materials

• Sexually Transmitted Disease Facts • en Español
• Your Personal Plan for Breast Health • en Español
• Instructions for Birth Control Patch Use
• Instructions for Birth Control Pill Use
• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
• Unplanned Pregnancy (instruction and Information about choosing birth control)• en Español
• Metronidazole fact sheet
• Doxycycline fact sheet
• Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) Oral fact sheet
• Azithromycin (Zithromax) fact sheet
• Bacterial Vaginosis (B.V.) fact sheet
• Vaginitis Information Sheet
• Before you get pregnant