Health Professionals

The Division of Disease Prevention works with health professionals directly and through partner-affiliated agencies.  This page contains resources for healthcare workers organized by topic.  Other information can be found throughout our site that may not be specific to providers, such as data, general resources and publications, etc.  If you have questions on a topic or cannot find information that you need, please use the contact us page to reach a staff person in our office.

General Clinical Resources

    • Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide: Guide developed by the National Coalition for Sexual Health to better integrate sexual health conversations and related preventive sexual health services into routine primary care visits.
    • Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2014: includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical recommendations for each topic. This new pocket guide provides family physicians, internists, pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians with an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services.
    • Taking a Sexual History
    • Virginia Reportable Disease List

CDC MMWR Photo on Increase in Meningococcal Disease

Update: read more on the recent data on meningococcal disease and people living with HIV

Last Updated: August 6, 2024