Phone: 309.679.6028

Get Yourself Tested (GYT) Campaign 

The Peoria City/County Health Department is proud to be part of the national GYT (Get Yourself Tested) campaign. 

One in two sexually active people will get an STD by the age of 25.
Most won't know it.

The only way to find out is to Get Yourself Tested (GYT). GYT is about knowing yourself and knowing your status, while carving out your own path in life.

 

HIV/AIDS Testing: 309-679-6028

Peoria City/County Health Department
2116 N. Sheridan Road • Peoria, IL 61604
Services by appointment.

HIV Testing

• Services by appointment.
• Rapid HIV test results are available in 15 minutes.
• Available to anyone 12 years of age and older.

HIV Testing Recommended for:

• Men who have sex with other men.
• Anyone who injects drugs and shares needles.
• Anyone who has unprotected sex with an injection user or with a man who has sex with other men.
• Anyone who has a sexually transmitted disease.
• Anyone who exchanges sex for money or drugs.

STD Testing

• Services by appointment.
• Testing and treatment for gonorrhea, Chlamydia, syphilis.
• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia testing is a simple urine test (you pee in a cup).
• Results are easy to get. Receive a coded text message on your cell phone or call the clinic.

 

Community Outreach Programs: 309-679-6028

The Peoria City/County Health Department Community Outreach Program consists of four components:

• Community-based HIV/STD sexual health prevention. The Outreach Program conducts educational sessions for the general public on the topics of HIV and STDs.
  
  
• HIV texting to targeted populations. The Outreach Program provides confidential rapid HIV testing to persons at risk for HIV exposure. With the rapid HIV test, you know your HIV status within 15 minutes. The Outreach Program primary focus is with sexually active youth, 13 - 25 years of age, men that have sex with men (MSM), and injection drug users (IDU).
  
  
• Partner Notification Services and Linkage to Care. The Outreach Program works with local health care providers and individuals that have been diagnosed with HIV and/or a STD to get their sex partners in for testing and treatment. Partner Notification Services are strictly confidential. For persons diagnosed with HIV or STDs, the program can provide guidance for Linkage to Care services.
  
  
• Collaboration with community agencies to develop and promote sexual health program development. The Outreach Program works with community agencies in sexual health program development, grant writing, and training.

News:

Drug Resistant Gonorrhea

Hepatitis C Prevention

Illinois law permits adults 18 years of age and older to purchase up to 20 syringes at a pharmacy without a prescription. Many Illinois pharmacies also provide free sharps containers and educational materials about proper disposal and drug treatment to customers buying syringes without a prescription.

 

Resources:

F.L.A.S.H. (Family Life and Sexual Health): a free, downloadable sexuality health curriculum for adolescents to young adults.

Sexual Health and Pregnancy Prevention

• Campaign, sponsored by Advocates for Youth, to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Site also includes a section for parents.

• Information and support about birth control methods. Site operated by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
  
  
• Information for young people about sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases. Includes resources for parents and educators.
  
  
• Information about sexual health issues provided by teens and for teens. Sponsored by the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project of Rutgers University.

 

Healthy Relationships

• Love is Respect National Dating Abuse Helpline offering online chat and telephone support (1-866-331-9474; TTY: 1-866-331-8453) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Specifically designed for teens and young adults.

• Love is Louder National Domestic Violence Hotline: telephone support (1-800-799-7233; TTY: 1-800-787-3224) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in English and Spanish. Website features information and real stories for dealing with harassment, depression, suicide or emotional issues. A project of the JED Foundation and MTV.
  
  
• Operated by Wired Safety group, wiredsafety.org is an internet safety and help group. Online volunteers provide one-to-one help, extensive resources, information, and education to people of all ages on a myriad of digital safety and harassment issues on the Internet, mobile, gaming and interactive technology.

 

LGBTQ Resources

• The Trevor Lifeline (1-866-488-7386) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Are you going through a difficult time? Feeling confused, lonely or blue? If you're a young person looking for someone to listen and understand without judgment or if you're feeling suicidal about issues related to sexual orientation and gender expression, the Trevor Lifeline is here to help.
  
  Don't have access to a phone or not in a location where you can talk (or are hearing impaired), the Trevor Chatline is available on the Internet. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
  
  

• Amplify Your Voice is a youth driven community working for change. Amplify is a project of Advocates for Youth.