Sexually transmitted diseases and infections

the point that if there was ever a time to be attuned to adolescents sexuality, it is now. He went on to say the more than 40% of high school students were sexually active had not used a condom and more than 76% did not use birth control to prevent pregnancy. Knowing these individuals have an increased risk for sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies, and early sexual encounters makes this topic even more imperative for both the caregiver and adolescents. Previous research in…

Introduction Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most commonly reported infectious diseases and affect all population groups in the United States (Paschal, Oler-Manske & Hsiao, 2011). Approximately nineteen million new STD cases occur annually, resulting in a spectrum of potential health consequences ranging from mild acute illness to serious long-term complications such as cervical, liver and other cancers (Paschal et al, 2011). The situation may be even more serious in rural…

human. Despite the basic necessity of this action, there can be many unintended consequences of engaging in this activity without proper education. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one specific unintended consequence. According to the Center for Disease Control (2013), 19.7 million new STIs occur in the United States each year. These infections can cause a variety of consequences that range from unpleasant symptoms to infertility and mortality. Another unintended consequence of sexual…

where individuals learn to protect themselves from many diseases and infectious diseases. One learns that health education helps many learn of the many sexual behaviors and what diseases are easy to contract. Health promotion is where individuals seek and gain better control of their lives and health to make it better. Sexual behavior and health promotion is the perfect opportunity for many to say how they will make better choices sexually to bring on better health for them and their partner.…

variety of things including a variety of sexually transmitted diseases, anemia and even simple fatigue. This is where a question of ethics has to come into play. The doctors from the PHS very well knew what the men participating in the study had contracted, and to “gather information” they not only allowed it to go untreated, but did not tell the men what they had, the effects of what they had and for most of the study’s existence, a viable treatment for the disease (penicillin) existed and the…

one negative effect that can be agreed on, and that is the transmission of disease. 2. The Traditional View A. Saint Thomas Aquinas, adapted some views from Aristotle for the Catholic church. There are defining philosophic principles that were made part of doctrine, the four most important are, natural purpose, essential…

This includes vision screening, blood pressure screening, weight evaluation, hearing screening, TB skin testing, UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) testing, STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection), pregnancy, and other services. This is a long list, but the department is more than capable of handling being able to provide all of the services. In addition to the full time nurse Barkley, there are a few other nurses that…

all people at some point in life. Because this is such a big part of our society today, we should properly teach teenagers what their sexuality means, because if teens are not informed about the realistic outcomes of unsafe sex, such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), or unintended pregnancies, they could be vulnerable to make poor decisions that will change their life forever. The most effective way to get this message across to teens all over the world is to make a sexual education class…

make up a significant portion of the population of the United States, Hispanic population are disproportionately affected by high incidences of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and rates of HIV transmission (Bouris et al., 2010). For example, Hispanics comprise 18% of the people with HIV and account for 17% of new infections each year (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2016). When examining just the adolescent population alone, they comprise 19% of HIV cases in 2006 despite only…

Theoretical Framework Stages of Change In the Stages of Change theory, behavior change becomes a process not an event because individuals must go through different stages in order to make a change. Utilizing this theory best fits the program because the students will have to go through different stages in order to process and learn about binge drinking. In order to make the needed changes, the Stages of Change theory will assist the students by going through the different stages one at a time…