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STDs in Adolescents and young Adults (1-2 pages) sexually active adolescents aged 1519 years and young adults aged 2024 years are at higher risk of acquiring STDs for a combination of behavioral, biological, and cultural reasons. adolescent females may have increased susceptibility to infection because of increased cervical ectopy.

15- to 19-Year-Old WomenIn 2010, the rate among women aged 1519 years was 3,378.2 cases per 100,000 females 20- to 24-Year-Old WomenIn 2010, women aged 2024 years had the highest rate of chlamydia (3,407.9 cases per 100,000 females) 15- to 19-Year-Old WomenIn 2010, as in previous years, women aged 1519 years had the highest rate of gonorrhea (570.9 cases per 100,000 females 20- to 24-Year-Old WomenIn 2010, as in previous years, women aged 2024 years had the second highest rate of gonorrhea (560.7 cases per 100,000 females)

Family Influences on Adolescent Sexual Activity and Alcohol Use (1-2 pages) Adolescence is a period of development often marked by experimentation and engagement in new activities. Many adolescents engage in risky behaviors, including early sexual initiation, multiple sex partners, and alcohol use. adolescent males and females who had the self-efficacy to refuse sex also were less likely to engage in sex. parent income and socioeconomic status are significant predictors of early adolescent sexual initiation. higher socioeconomic status is associated with delay of sexual initiation. research found a significant association between single-parent families and early sexual intercourse among adolescents. o Advocates for Youth

Young women and female adolescents are more susceptible to STI, compared to their male counterparts, due to their anatomy. During adolescence and young adulthood, womens columnar epithelial cellswhich are especially sensitive to invasion by sexually transmitted organisms, such as chlamydia and gonococcusextend out over the vaginal surface of the cervix, where they are unprotected by cervical mucous, but recede to a more protected location as women age. Cultural traditions that value womens passivity and subordination also diminish the ability of many women to adequately protect themselves, to refuse unwanted sex, and to negotiate condom use Dating violence and sexual assault play a role in STI transmission. Twenty percent of U.S. youth report experiencing dating violence. Women who experience dating violence are less likely to use condoms and feel more uncomfortable negotiating condom use.
NBC News (1-2 paragraphs)

In the first study of its kind, researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found at least one in 4 teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease. The most common one is a virus that can cause cervical cancer, and the second most common can cause infertility. Blame is most often placed on inadequate sex education, from parents and from schools focusing too much on abstinence-only programs. Add to that a young persons sense of being invulnerable.
Food and Drugs Administration (1-2 paragraphs) A Condom Could Save Your Life! Condoms are used for both birth control and reducing the risk of disease. That's why some people think that other forms of birth control -- such as the IUD, diaphragm, cervical cap or pill -- will protect them against diseases, too. But that's not true. So if you use any other form of birth control, you still need a condom in addition to reduce the risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases.

There's no absolute guarantee even when you use a condom. But most experts believe that the risk of getting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases can be greatly reduced if a condom is used properly. In other words, sex with condoms isn't totally "safe sex," but it is "less risky" sex. ---------------------------------------------------Last page. Reference 1. http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/byAudience/ForPatientAdvocates/HIVandAIDSActivities/ucm1263 72.htm 2. 3. 4. 5. etc..