Evidence-Based Practices for
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010

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This page provides access to information about evidence-based practices for achieving objectives of the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 health priority "High-Risk Sexual Behavior." Below you will see the objectives in the implementation plan for this health priority.

Select an objective to see summary results of research on the effectiveness of various public health strategies (interventions) to achieve the objective. Note that for some objectives, no link is provided because a research summary has not yet been completed.

1. Adolescent Sexual Activity:  By 2010, 30 percent or less of Wisconsin high school youth will report ever having had sexual intercourse.
   
   
2. Unintended Pregnancy in Wisconsin:  By 2010, 30 percent or less of pregnancies to Wisconsin residents will be unintended.
   
   
3. Sexually Transmitted Disease, including HIV infection: It is a public health goal to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, by promoting responsible sexual behavior throughout the life span, strengthening community capacity, and increasing access to high-quality prevention services.
   1. By the year 2010 the incidence of primary and secondary syphilis in Wisconsin will be 0.2 cases per 100,000 population.
   2. By the year 2010 the incidence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Wisconsin will be 138 cases per 100,000 population.
   3. By the year 2010 the incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in Wisconsin will be 63 cases per 100,000 population.
   4. By the year 2010 the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Wisconsin will be 2.5 cases per 100,000 population.

Last Revised: July 12, 2010