Sexual Health Services

CDH offers pregnancy testing, options counseling, prenatal education, and outside referral for prenatal care. Our mission is to support women in their reproductive health choices with education and resources.

Call us at 208-327-7400 to make an appointment.

CDH offers breast and cervical cancer screenings by appointment at our Boise clinic.

• Women’s Health Check, offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings to those who qualify. Qualifying information is available at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
• Ada and Boise County candidates are referred to the Family Medicine Health Center.
• Elmore County residents are referred to Desert Sage Health Care.
• Valley County residents are referred to Adams County Health Center.

• Oral Contraceptive Pills
• Nuva Ring
• Depo-Provera Shot
• Intrauterine Devices (IUD)
• Implant
• Condoms
• Natural Family Planning

• Get free condoms for personal use from One® free-condom ordering page.
• Any businesses in Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties can use the CDH Condom Request Form.

The clinic at CDH offers counseling and testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis B and C and HIV. The cost of testing is based on a sliding fee scale and risk factors.

To find additional HIV Test Centers near you, text your Zip Code to: KnowIt or 56694 or visit CDC HIV testing locator.

Option 1: CDH is offering confidential at‑home rapid syphilis and HIV testing kits for that provides results within minutes, all from the comfort of your own home. Order a free at-home STI test through the CDH online store and have the test sent to you or come into a CDH clinic and pick one up.

Option 2: The Idaho Prevention and Care Program has partnered with LetsGetChecked to provide free STI (chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis) & HIV tests to Idaho residents. Order your test kit online and receive it at your home in 1-2 business days. Collect and send your sample to a laboratory using a prepaid shipping envelope. Your confidential results and health information are yours from a personalized LetsGetChecked dashboard.

Order your tests now: https://www.letsgetchecked.com/Idaho/

CDH offers Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for appropriate candidates. PrEP is a way for people who do not have HIV but are at substantial risk of getting it to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day. When taken consistently, PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk by 92 to 99%.

The pill (brand name Truvada) contains two medicines (tenofovir and emtricitabine) that are used to prevent HIV infection. When someone is exposed to HIV through sex or injection drug use, these medicines work to keep the virus from establishing a permanent infection.

When taken consistently, PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk by 92 to 99%.

PrEP may benefit you if you are HIV-negative and ANY of the following apply to you.

• You are a gay/bisexual man and have an HIV-positive partner.
• Have multiple partners, a partner with multiple partners, or a partner whose HIV status is unknown, and you also have anal sex without a condom, or recently had a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
• You are a heterosexual and have an HIV-positive partner.
• Have multiple partners, a partner with multiple partners, or a partner whose HIV status is unknown –and you also don’t always use a condom for sex with people who inject drugs, or don’t always use a condom for sex with bisexual men.
• You inject drugs and share needles or equipment to inject drugs.
• Recently went to a drug treatment program. Are at risk of getting HIV from sex.

To talk to a health care provider about PrEP, please call us at 208-327-7400 to make an appointment.

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) is a treatment given after a possible exposure to help prevent infection. A PEP appointment should be scheduled as soon as possible after exposure. Treatment for HIV PEP needs to start within 72 hours.

Use of doxycycline (a prescribed antibiotic) for PEP, known as doxy PEP, is reported to be tolerated and to significantly reduce the acquisition of chlamydia (CT), gonorrhea (GC), and syphilis when taken within 72 hours after condomless oral, anal, or vaginal sex.

Recent studies have shown that taking doxy PEP can reduce your chance of getting syphilis and chlamydia by about three quarters and gonorrhea by about half.

Contact Central District Health to discuss whether doxy-PEP may be an option for you.

No. The only way to know if you have an STD is to get tested.

Usually not, unless requested. It is important to be specific with your doctor about which types of tests you want and your risk behaviors so they can provide appropriate treatment.

Consult your provider or contact the clinic for more information on when you should be tested. It can take weeks from the time of exposure until a test result could show positive for an STI. Regardless of your test results, it is important to be re-tested, even if you don’t develop symptoms.

The CDC recommends annual testing for STIs and HIV for anyone who is sexually active. If a person engages in higher risk activities such as sex with multiple partners, frequent changes in sex partners, unprotected sex (oral, anal or vaginal) or sex while under the influence of alcohol or drugs we recommend testing every three to six months.

No, condoms are always available at our CDH clinics. The CDC recommends that you use a condom each time you have sex.

Your privacy is important to Central District Health. We follow the regulations of HIPAA – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. All clinic visits will remain private between the patient and the clinic provider and a parent/guardian of a minor, when requested by the parent/guardian.

As per Idaho’s Senate Bill 1329, no health care provider or governmental entity shall deny a minor child’s parent access to health information unless parent’s access to the requested health information is prohibited by a court order.

We offer several different forms of birth control (contraceptives) including a variety of pills, vaginal ring (inserted into the vagina), Medroxyprogesterone (the shot), IUD/IUS (intrauterine device/system), implant (limited supply), condoms, and fertility awareness.  Some of these methods require a prescription which can be dispensed from our office stock or sent to pharmacy of your choice and some are available over the counter.

Due to cost, this is not a service that we provide.

Yes, we offer emergency contraception, Monday through Friday. Emergency contraception reduces the risk of pregnancy up to 89% if taken within 120 hours after unprotected sex. We recommend that it be used as soon as possible after the unprotected sex. If you are 18 years of age or older, emergency contraception is available over-the-counter at your local pharmacy, but you will have to ask the pharmacist. If you are under 18 years old, a prescription is required.

As of July 1, 2024, as per Idaho’s Senate Bill 1329, except as otherwise provided by court order, parental consent to receive health care services is required for those under 18 years of age. Central District Health can’t provide health care services to a minor child without obtaining the prior consent of the minor child’s parent or legal guardian.

Parental involvement during a minor’s appointment is encouraged, as parents can be a positive influence on a teen’s health and well-being. If no parent is able to join the minor, parental consent is necessary for those under 18 years of age.