The risk dimension of resiliency includes “stressful life events or adverse environmental conditions that increase the vulnerability [defenselessness or helplessness] of individuals” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013, p. 17). An example of resiliency on an individual level, regarding risk, would be a young woman growing up in poverty and changing her socio-economic status as an adult. This young woman grew up raised by a single mother without a high school degree, on welfare, and living far below the poverty line. Despite the risks she was exposed to, this …show more content…
A few sexually transmitted infections include chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, pubic lice, and scabies. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is a bacterial infection (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Majority of the time men and women have no symptoms at all; however, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Pelvic inflammatory disease can lead to infertility in women if left untreated (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Men may feel a burning sensation when urinating or notice a discharge from their penis (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Treatment of chlamydia includes antibiotics and refraining from sexual contact until it is sure that the infection is gone (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman,