Sexual Health
What is Sexual Health?
The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. While there are many important aspects to sexual health, De Pere Health Department’s primary role in promoting sexual health is surveillance, education, and prevention regarding sexually transmitted diseases or infections (STD or STI) including syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV/AIDS. Below are some resources for you to consider:
I would like to …
- Learn about different types of STDs
- Prevent STDs
- Find Condoms
- Notify a partner about an exposure to a STD
- Find reduced cost STD/sexual health testing or services near me
- Report or treat an STD case
Learn about different types of STDs
- Wisconsin DHS STD Page
- CDC: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Gonorrhea Factsheet
- Chlamydia Factsheet
- DHS Syphilis Page
- Wisconsin DHS HIV Program Page
- Mpox
Prevent STDs
- Follow the ABCs of STD prevention:
- Avoid having sex until you feel prepared to protect yourself
- Be monogamous or have sex with just one person who only has sex with you and doesn’t have any STDs. You can find out if both of you have an STD, like chlamydia, by getting tested together
- Condoms can protect you from getting STDs (but only where they cover)
- Five Action Steps to Good Sexual Health
- Tips for Condom Success
- Condom Use: An Overview | Condom Use | CDC:
Always use a new condom for the entirety of every act of vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
To correctly use an external condom:
- Put the condom on the tip of the erect penis with rolled side out.
- Pinch the tip to create a half-inch gap at top of condom.
- Unroll condom to the base of the erect penis while holding tip.
- After ejaculation, grip rim of condom and carefully withdraw.
- Gently pull condom off penis, making sure semen doesn't spill out.
- Wrap condom in a tissue and throw it in the trash.
If you feel the condom break at any point during sexual activity, stop immediately. Remove the broken condom and put on a new one.
Use water-based lubricants. Oil-based lubricants (petroleum jelly, body lotions, etc.) can weaken latex and break the condom.
- Put the condom on the tip of the erect penis with rolled side out.
Find condoms
- Stop by De Pere Health Department in City Hall (335 S Broadway) for FREE condom kits or condom keychains
- COASTERS & CONDOMS: De Pere Health Department is partnering with select bars and gas stations to provide free condoms and educational materials. See below for participating locations.
- Gas Stations (restocked June 2024)
- Mobil: 401 Reid St
- De Pere Y Mart: 1017 4th Street
- BP: 302 N Broadway
- Bars (check back soon for new 2025 locations!)
- Gas Stations (restocked June 2024)
- Visit one of the STD/sexual health testing or services sites below for condoms and prevention information
- Planned Parenthood
- 2605 S. Oneida Street, Ashwaubenon
- Birth Control & STD Testing - Green Bay, WI (plannedparenthood.org)
- Newcap Community Health Services
- 1540 Capitol Drive, Green Bay
- Community Improvement - NEWCAP Inc.
- Online condom ordering:
- Planned Parenthood
Notify a partner about an exposure to a STD
- Anyone who tests positive for a state reportable STD (like chlamydia or gonorrhea) can request their local health department’s help to notify their recent sexual partners confidentially and at no cost
- City of De Pere residents: call 920-339-4054
- Outside City of De Pere: find your health department
- If you would like anonymously notify your partners yourself, you can use a confidential text notification tool such as “Tell Your Partner”
Find reduced cost STD/sexual health testing or services near me
- Wisconsin 211 or call 2-1-1
- CDC Get Tested: HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Testing
- Planned Parenthood
- 2605 S. Oneida Street, Ashwaubenon
- Call 844-493-1052 to book your appointment
- Birth Control & STD Testing - Green Bay, WI (plannedparenthood.org)
- Newcap Community Health Services
- 1540 Capitol Drive, Green Bay
- Call 800-242-7334 to make an appointment
- Community Improvement - NEWCAP Inc.
- Vivent Health (formally AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin/ARCW)
- 445 S Adams St, Green Bay
- Phone: 920-437-7400 OR 1-800-675-9400
- Green Bay | Vivent Health