Wellness Chronicles 2 — Honest Conversations: STI Awareness
In this episode we’ll take a look at how STIs can have adverse effects on women’s reproductive health, and how signs/symptoms may present differently than their cisgender male counterparts.
Learning Objectives
- Identify at least three common STIs that can have adverse effects on women’s reproductive health.
- Differentiate between the signs and symptoms of STIs in women.
- Recognize the importance of early detection and treatment of STIs in women to prevent long-term reproductive health complications.
Faculty
Tiffany Bacon began her career in radio in 1990 while attending Temple University. The university radio station WRTI sparked a lifelong love for radio and broadcasting in general. She spent a few years at B101, and more than a decade at Power 99FM, and now she has her show public affairs talk shows: Praise in the City, Saturday mornings from 7am to 8am on Praise 103.9FM and Let’s Talk on Sunday ‘s 8am-9am on Boom 107.9 FM. In addition to her dedication to the field of broadcasting, Ms. Bacon has served as a high school Drama/Dance/Broadcasting teacher, theater company founder, casting director, dancer, choreographer, costume designer, director, TV producer, and actress. Tiffany is also dedicated to public health; she is a certified HIV Educator who works with the STI/HIV prevention education project for African American teen girls called SIHLE (see-lay) and an STI/pregnancy prevention program for teens called Plain Talk. She is the creator and one of the executive producers of The Hype TV show, a young adult talk show that airs on Philly CAM (Comcast channel 66/FIOS channel 29/30) on Thursdays at 6pm and Youtube on The Hype TV Show channel. Tiffany Bacon’s mission is to edu-tain the world and be an agent for social change.
