For Information on how to get tested for STDs and HIV: Hennepin County Public Health Clinic with Red Door Services 525 Portland Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55415 (612) 543‐5555 http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us HowCan
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Clinic 555 St. Paul‐Ramsey County Department of Public Health 555 Cedar Street St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 266‐1255 http://www.clinic555.org West Side Community Health Services 153 Cesar Chavez Street St. Paul, MN 55107 (651) 222‐1816 http://www.westsidechs.org Because you take care of yourself. Because you take care of others.
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division (IDEPC) STD and HIV Section Freeman Building 625 Robert Street North P.O. Box 64975 St. Paul, MN 55164‐0975 Phone: (651) 201‐5414 http://www.health.state.mn.us/std To order more brochures, or if you require this document in another format, such as large print, Braille, or cassette tape, call (651) 201‐5414 IC#141‐2554 Sept. 2012 IDEPC Division, STD and HIV Section Partner Services Program How we can help Why tell your partner? We will work with you so that your partner can be a number of ways for this to happen. informed in a sensitive and private way. There are We can do it for you. A Partner Services Health Representative can take information from you about with your partner, let them know of their your partner. We will then discreetly get in touch Telling a partner may not be easy, but it is important that you do so. If left untreated, some STDs can cause serious permanent damage. Many STDs don’t have any symptoms so the only way to know is to get tested. Informing your partners gives them the opportunity to get immediate screening and treatment. exposure—without saying anything about you—and Partner Services will: refer them to testing and other services they may 
need. Again, we will never, under any personal information. circumstances, disclose any information about you. We can help you do it. A Partner Services Health 
Be there to answer questions and offer options. Representative can help prepare you to tell your partner of their possible exposure. We will also offer Protect your privacy, identity, and 
support and information, including referrals for Offer medical referrals and other available resources. testing and other services that your partner may need. We can do it with you. You can choose to talk with your partner along with a Partner Services Health Representative who will provide support and answer any questions and concerns your partner may have. You can combine these options. A Partner Services Health Representative will work with you to tell as combination of these ways. many different partners as you want in any CallthePartnerServicesProgram
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