SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Falls Community Health is expanding its H-I-V clinic to an S-T-D clinic offering free testing during walk-in hours.
Chief Medical Officer Jennifer Tinguely says in Sioux Falls 54 percent of the S-T-D cases are in individuals between 20 and 29 years old.
Tinguely says a number of factors put younger people at risk including not getting screened or having limited access to screenings, confidentiality, beleiving they are not at risk, having multiple partnets and the Internet making it easier to find anonymous sex partners.
The City’s Health Department has a website called “Protect Your Parts” with testing options and a condom distribution map.