social‚ psychological‚ and physical danger caused by unsafe sex can be disrupting to life processes and may even be lethal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ Healthy People 2010‚ 25-11 ‚goal is to Promote responsible sexual behaviors‚ strengthen community capacity‚ increase access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)‚ and their complications. The study was conducted on a population of 16-to-21 year old students. In this population there are many health
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) also referred to as Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) and Venereal Diseases (VD) are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behaviour including vaginal intercourse‚ oral sex‚ and anal sex. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infections passed on from one person to another through unprotected sex (sex without a condom) or sometimes through
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believes that programs under the Abstinence until Marriage funding provide inaccurate information and ridiculous claims relating to the possible consequences of pre-marital sexual relationships and they don’t cover how to avoid pregnancy and STD’s for sexually active teens. We have to face reality. The evidence shows that sex classes are more effective than abstinence-only classes because abstinence education doesn’t provide all the information as sex classes. The public agrees and these sex classes
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large amount of teens are never educated on what may happen if they decide to have sex. They are not taught the reality of sexually transmitted infections or teenage pregnancy. Could changing this help our children and future generations make the right choices or at least be knowledgeable of the risks involved when having sex? Teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases can be better prevented with the option of different methods of sex education being available in schools‚ and at least one
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unprotected sex lead to sexually transmitted diseases in teens? Claudia LeMay & Madeline Munoz Research Methods‚ HA-450-05 Professor C. Brown March 19‚ 2013 ABSTRACT Sexual activities amongst teenagers in the United States are on the rise. The issue isn ’t necessarily the morality of the sexual relations; it ’s the disease that can be spread without following safe sex through the use of protection. Using protection isn ’t a guarantee that all sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) will be
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importantly‚ as those that engage in sex before marriage usually have unprotected sex‚ there is a high risk for them to contract sexually transmitted diseases like Herpes‚ Chlamydia‚ Genital Warts‚ Gonorrhea‚ Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases as people who engage in premarital sex tend to have multiple sex partners. Some sexually transmitted diseases can be treated if early treatment is sought. However‚ there has been no cure from AIDS. And it can totally destroy a young person’s
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NAME: JOSEPH NG’ANG’A MAINA REG NO.: C01/KTI/0383/2009 UNIT: PROJECT APPRAISAL (EAE 411) LECTURER: KENNEDY OCHARO DATE OF PRESENTATION: 20/03/2013 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR ABSTAINANCE AND FIDELITY SENSITIZATION IN TAVETA CONSTITUENCY IMPLEMENTED BY: Urafiki youth group P.O Box
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Today Sexually Transmitted Infections affect more than half of the world’s population. In the United States‚ the two most common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are chlamydia and gonorrhea. These infections affect many people but teen and young adults are at a higher risk because they are more likely to have unprotected intercourse. Also‚ many are not aware of some of the dangers and risks of unprotected intercourse. Every day many people are at risk of contracting and spreading both Chlamydia
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The Importance Sex Education Each year‚ U.S. teens experience as many as 850‚000 pregnancies‚ and youth under age 25 experience about 9.1 million sexually transmitted infections. By age 18‚ 70 percent of U.S. females and 62 percent of U.S. males have initiated vaginal sex (McKeon). Comprehensive sex education is effective at assisting young people to make healthy decisions about sex and to adopt healthy sexual behaviors. No abstinence-only-until-marriage program has been shown to help teens delay
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its students on significant topics‚ a wide array of sex education courses advocate‚ if not force‚ abstinence. The coercion of abstinence in sex education has led to an increase of birth control purchases‚ teen pregnancies‚ abortions‚ and sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers. According to “Sex Negative‚” the federal government contributes 85 million dollars yearly to 25 states that require its educators to emphasize abstinence as the best method to avoid pregnancy and other health conflicts
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