Sexually transmitted diseases: magnitude, determinants and consequences

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) infections constitute a major reproductive health burden for sexually-active individuals. The short-term and long-term consequences of STD have been well documented and include genital and other cancers, pelvic inflam...

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Published in:International Journal of STD & AIDS 2001-04, Vol.12 (4), p.211-215
Main Author: ARAL, Sevgi Okten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Condoms
disease control
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
General aspects
HIV Infections - complications
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Male
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Minority Groups
Pregnancy
Prisoners
Reproduction
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - complications
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
Socioeconomic Factors
Substance-Related Disorders
United States
USA
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Summary:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) infections constitute a major reproductive health burden for sexually-active individuals. The short-term and long-term consequences of STD have been well documented and include genital and other cancers, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and adverse outcomes of pregnancy including pre-term delivery and low birth weight. The burden of sexually transmitted infections falls disproportionately on the young, the poor, minorities and women. At the societal level, there is a continuing need to educate people, particularly adolescents, about their risk for STDs and their sequelae and to increase the use of barrier methods including condoms. Policy decisions that facilitate more open discussion of sexuality and STDs, and that expand the accessibility and acceptability of sexual risk assessment, STD screening and treatment services would help decrease STD rates in the United States to levels similar to those observed in other industrialized countries.
ISSN:0956-4624
1758-1052
DOI:10.1258/0956462011922814