MMSU

MARIANO MARCOS
College of Health and Sciences

STATE UNIVERSITY

ACTIVITY 1

Name of Student: Keisha Mae R. Gacula Year, Section & Group: BSN III-B;Group2

Broad Topic: Knowledge on Sexually Transmitted Diseases among college students

Information regarding broad topic:

Brief Description
Sexually transmitted
diseases are caused by a
virus or bacteria, like
many other diseases
however there is a stigma
attached to having or
living with an STD.
Despite the stigma, a very
high percentage of people
from all walks of life are
living with or have had
STD’s in their past. Most
people are not comfortable
with discussing STD’s
even with their physician.
However, it is important to
Statistics Literature & Studies Gaps in Knowledge Existing Problem
National There are many factors that can STDs target mostly The lack of education
Youth (15-24 years old) In be attributed to STD exposure. teenagers and young about STDs is a
September 2016, 213 (31%) cases College students frequently adults, at the age of primary factor that
were among youth aged 15-24 years. engage in high-risk behaviors, the highest productive researchers focus on
Most (95%) were male. Ninety-nine such as sexual activity with and reproductive when trying to find a
percent (211) were infected through multiple partners without using activity. WHO defines solution to reduce the
sexual contact (24 male-female sex, condoms, experimenting with adolescence as the rates of sexually
108 male-male sex, 79 sex with both drugs, and inconsistent safe sex period of life between transmitted diseases.
males & females) and 2 (1%) through practices. With college students 10 and 19 years of
needle sharing among IDUs. From continuing these behaviors, the age. In the early
January 1984–September 2016, rates of STDs are unlikely to adolescence, which is
7,536 (27%) of the reported cases fall. These alarming statistics in the beginning of
were 15-24 years old. Ninety percent have many researchers looking second decade,
(6,811) of all the youth were reported for answers on how to further secondary sex
in the last six years (2010-2016). A reduce the rates of sexually characteristics develop
steep increase in cases among youth transmitted diseases. jointly with rapid
do so because many of
these diseases can be cured
with something as simple
as an antibiotic. More
importantly, some cannot
be cured but with early
treatment can prevent
more serious
complications which can
sometimes be fatal.
was seen in 2008, wherein the total Education physical growth.
number of cases (111) is 171% The type of education that Middle adolescence
higher than that in 2007 (41). From students should be provided begins approximately
1984 to 2002, more than half of the and whose responsibility it is to at the age of 14 years,
cases among the youth were females teach students are constant ends around the age of
(179 or 71%). However, in 2003, problems. In most cases, 17 to 18 years. Also,
there was an equal number of males schools provide some increased sexual
and females reported. Since then, the information to students. interest and non-coital
trend reversed to male predominance. However, the quality and sexual behaviors are
Ninety-four percent (7,107) were timing of this sex education are characteristic for this
infected through sexual contact (947 very important issues which are period. Early and
male-female sex, 3,829 male-male not addressed. middle adolescents are
sex, 2,331 sex with both males & less likely than others
females); and 369 were infected Knowledge to use preventive
through sharing of infected needles The knowledge level of methods when
among idoxuridines (IDU). students is commonly engaging in sexual
questioned as a reason for the intimacy and more
International high rates of sexually likely to deny
More than 1 million STDs are transmitted diseases. In a study symptoms of
acquired every day. Each year, there conducted by Buysse (1996), infection.
are estimated 357 million new respondents indicated that they
infections with 1 of 4 STIs: had received sufficient
chlamydia (131 million), gonorrhoea information or that they were
(78 million), syphilis (5.6 million) rather indifferent with regard
and trichomoniasis (143 million). to additional information about
More than 500 million people are sexually transmitted diseases,
living with genital HSV (herpes) however answers on
infection. At any point in time, more knowledge questions showed
than 290 million women have an important misconceptions.
HPV infection, one of the most
common STIs.