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Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV infection, can have a profound impact on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. While adolescents are a quarter of the sexually active population, they represent nearly half of all new STI cases globally. STIs have considerable impact on the morbidity and mortality for infected individual, but also their partners and children. A complex interplay of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and ecological factors put young people at risk of STIs. This chapter discusses the global spread of STIs among adolescents, the pathogens, symptoms, and health consequences of select STIs, social and behavioral determinants of STIs, and we describe key public health approaches aimed at reducing the burden of STIs among adolescents.

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    Although gonorrhea and chlamydia are typically associated with PID, PID is a polymicrobial infection and can occur even then the STD screen is negative for gonorrhea and chlamydia, but patient meets other clinical criteria.

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We would like to thank Drs. Gail Shust and Dina Romo for their collegial review of the chapter drafts and Ms. Kathryn P. Martin and Ms. Nityanjali Thumallachetty for their support in gathering data and literature for this chapter.

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    Sanyukta Mathur & John S. Santelli

  2. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY, 10032, USA

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Mathur, S., Mullinax, M., Santelli, J.S. (2017). Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents. In: Cherry, A., Baltag, V., Dillon, M. (eds) International Handbook on Adolescent Health and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40743-2_10

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