• School sex education
• Breaking the conspiracy of silence
• Supporting major medical breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment
• Mounting education and publicity campaigns to change behavior
• Lobbying to reduce high medical costs associated with disease control
• Leading public opinion to draw attention to the problem

These early efforts laid the foundation for ASHA?s mission. They became the hallmark for how ASHA communicates with the public, patients, providers and policy makers today. Medical Measures, Legal and Protective Measures, Educational Measures and Public Information form the backbone of ASHA?s efforts to educate and advocate on behalf of people across America who have or are at-risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease.