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 Be an Askable Parent
Does your child feel it's OK to talk with you about
sexuality?
Read
more...
 Continue
to Learn
Anticipate your child's questions by learning the
stage of your child's sexual development. Read
more...
 Build
Bridges
If a child does not learn about sexuality issues
from a parent, the child will learn about sex elsewhere—from friends,
the internet, magazines, television and other sources. Read
more...
 Talking
to Your
Teens about
STIs
Each
year,
1 in
4 sexually
active
teens
will
get
an
STI.
Learn
what
you
can
do
as
a concerned
parent. Read
more...
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What are the risks for teens today?
Statistics for STI Infection
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Each year,
one in four teens contracts an
STI
- One in two sexually active persons will
contact an STI by age 25.
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More than half of all
people will have an STI at
some point in their lifetime.
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The estimated
total number of people living in
the US with a viral STI is
over 65 million. Every year,
there are at least 19 million new
cases of STIs, some of which
are curable.
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More than $8 billion is spent
each year to diagnose and treat
STIs and their complications.
This figure does not include HIV.
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In a national
survey of US physicians, fewer
than one-third routinely screened
patients for STIs.
- Less than half of adults ages
18 to 44 have ever been tested
for anSTI other than HIV/AIDS.
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About half of all new STIs
in 2000 occurred among youth ages
15 to 24. [8] The total estimated
costs of these nine million new
cases of these STIs was $6.5
billion, with HIV and human papillomavirus
(HPV) accounting for 90% of the
total burden.
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Of the STIs that are diagnosed,
only some (gonorrhea, syphilis,
chlamydia, hepatitis A and B)
are required to be reported to
state health departments and
the CDC.
How do I learn more about STIs?
- American Social
Health Association (ASHA)
http://www.ashastd.org
1-800-783-9877
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/std/
: 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
- National Herpes Resource Center
email: hsvnet@ashastd.org
- National Herpes Hotline
(919) 361-8488
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