distorted picture of how to treat the opposite sex and safer sex practices are deficient. To change sexual behaviors, parents must communicate clearly to their children from a young age about respecting their bodies and when the times comes parents must also listen attentively making sure no outside pressures are persuading them otherwise. Young adults are more impressionable and therefore vulnerable to experiment sexually and many do not feel comfortable talking to their parents so they turn to peers or a search engine for sexual knowledge, which can be misleading. The increase of chlamydia cases could be caused by a number of culprits. Screening processes are adjusted at a more sensitive level thus, the number of positive tests increase, …show more content…
Antibiotics have been successful in regards to treating chlamydia, but due to social economic dynamics and adverse effects of non-compliance to treatment poses new challenges in defeating the spread of this STI. A combination of antibiotics that would include either azithromycin or doxycycline has shown to be effective in treating the disease but hospitalization might be necessary if the infection is severe enough and in that case intravenous medications are usually the required regiment. Seeking treatment for chlamydia could be limited due to lack of medical coverage, access to a healthcare provider, sexual education and not having a reliable source of transportation. As a result, the infection can progress quickly within the host, risking transmission to additional partners and leaving permanent damage in its wake. The Internet has become a resource for many to self-treat and self-medicate which is not only dangerous but these people could be missing what the signs really mean. At home testing kits are not always accurate and there is not an over the counter product to eradicate the infection entirely from its host. Over the counter or mail order sexually transmitted disease kits is a step in
On the other hand, let’s investigate a story on Dr. Atul Gawande a surgeon and New Yorker staff member, “More than a decade ago, I saw a young woman in the emergency room who had severe pelvic pain. A standard X-ray showed nothing. I examined her and found signs of pelvic inflammatory disease, which is most often caused by sexually transmitted diseases. She insisted that she hadn’t been sexually active, but I didn’t listen. If I had, I might have ordered a pelvic CT scan or even recommended exploratory surgery to investigate further.
They provide talking points, such as “sexual abstinence until marriage provides numerous health benefits,” and that abstinence programs deter other high risk activities of teens like smoking and drug abuse. The authors also talk about how schools teach risk avoidance when it comes to many other subjects, such as drug use, bullying, or even nutrition. The comparison is that schools do not tell students about different types of alcohol, they teach students to avoid alcohol. The Focus on the Family group feels that sex education should also be about risk avoidance, instead of risk reduction. They even go as far as saying that risk reduction sex education is “taught at a lower standard than all other health topics.”
The disease was originally thought to be a sexually transmitted disease instead of a public health threat, through the engagement of the activities groups
Adolescents should be informed about sexual intercourse to reduce the rate of unexpected pregnancies, to ease health worries, and other problems they might face like
Opposition to the discussions of these subjects, often, but not always, come from the inner religious underlings of our western societies. This inter puts parents in a defensive position over what their children are taught. Teachers also fail to deliver these subjects effectively, and the continuous push by the government over these subjects to reduce AIDS infections, goes on. Fred writes, “more than a million teenagers become pregnant
This course has expanded our knowledge on the causation and effects of numerous diseases that impact the field of epidemiology. A disease that deserves utmost attention is Chlamydia as it severely affects women. This case study is enabling us to explore the effectiveness and efficiency of tests that may be used to curb the problem of this sexually transmitted disease. Chlamydia is very prevalent globally and it is feared by many and yet still there are so many unreported cases of the disease. According to research from the CDC, Chlamydia is a common STD that affects both men and women and can cause serious damage to the reproductive system of women and furthermore lead to potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy presenting a problem for women
Sex education was first introduced in the early 1900s as social hygiene education and expanded over the next several decades in a effort to reduce sexually transmitted infections, also referred to as STIs. (ProQuest Staff, “Topic Overview: Sex Education”). In the late 1900s, the Adolescent Family Life of 1981 introduced abstinence-only programs. Since then, there has been a debate over the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs, and whether or not they are better than traditional sex education courses. People who are in favor of abstinence education claim that sexual intercourse before marriage is wrong, abstinence is the only “safe sex”, and that providing information about contraceptives, or “a device, drug, or chemical agent that prevents
Yeast Infection in Women is a common infection and if you have ever suffered from it or you are currently on it you know that it is not dangerous but it is an uncomfortable and you just want to get rid of if. The infection is caused by a fungus called yeast that is normally found in vagina but it causes the infection when it becomes growing uncontrollably. For some women it is not so simple as it becomes a recurrent infection and it they have difficulties curing it.
If the child is being sexual active communicating with their peers and understandings the dangers of sex: Pregnancy, STDS and consuming knowledge of safe sex with contraception’s used if a child is sexual active. Also the convenience sampling constructs parents the knowledge to convey and communicate with the child in advance to protect their selves. By waiting until daughter is old enough can be a risk factor. Educating children young as possible to understand that sex is not just having sex but an interaction between two people that care deeply for one another and practicing safe sex is of importance. However, the success of parent child communication is for the parent to better control their children as to monitoring their social environment by educating their children in the urban, low income, African American and Latino families the disadvantage is the sampling is not as a whole in research with other
Many times teenagers are given false information from their peers or older family members can affect them sexually. One common misconception is one can not get STD’s through things such as oral sex or merely from just touching a person in their infected area, but this is not true. One can get any form of STD through contact with an infected person through oral sex, open cuts, touching an infected area, and even contact with blood. Many people think by wearing a condom or using birth control they are safe from all diseases or pregnancy, but this is also not always the case. Condoms, at their highest, are only about 98% effective (Choosing a Birth Control Method 1).
Summary: I have explained in this presentation the importance of sex education in reducing the rates of unwanted pregnancies among the adolescents. Secondly, sex education has been argued to contribute significantly to the reduction of the spread of HIV and AIDS among the adolescents. The third point that I have presented is that abortion levels have declined as a result of sex education targeting the adolescents in schools. Finally, I have argued that sex education results in fewer teenage pregnancies when compared to settings with no such education. 2.
First Sexual Experience Teenagers acquired to explore their bodies, see and touch themselves, and have its own special curiosity when it comes to the world of sex that is why media has something to do with it, placing televisions with seductive telenovelas, provocative magazines and books and there is an unlimited access which we call the internet where you just can google porn whenever you want (Collins, n.d). Being carefree, teenagers tend to do what they want, feel what they want to feel and say what they want to say but out of their aggressive minds, curiosities and peer-pressures (Neinstein, n.d), no wonder that these adolescents have a big chance in engaging premarital sex. • Premarital Sex Premarital sex or PMS is between two persons commits intercourse before entering the holy matrimony (Howard, 2007).
The World Organization appraisal that around the world over a million people are infected every day with a STD. 50,000 of those cases are in the United States of America alone. Some examples of transmitted diseases
According to the survey from Judith Newman, “One in five girls (11 percent between 13 and 16 years old) and 18 percent of teen boys have sent or posted nude or semi-nude pictures or videos of themselves. About 15 percent of senders forwarded photos to people they hadn’t actually met but knew only online.” Eleven percent of teen girls and 18 percent of teen boys have the ability to show nudity for pornography. Sending pictures to whoever he/she met online is at about 15 percent. Kids as young as 11 and 12 are taking compromising photos of themselves and sending those shimmering pixels over their phones and computers.