CDC study on the common rate of sexually transmitted infections in girls, young women, opinion piece says he is old to public health officials,
BR / Latest findings of the CDC study found that about 25% of U.S. girls and young women between 14 and 19 at least one of four sexually transmitted infections and most common is old news for public health, Robert Fullilove, associate dean at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health, Adaora Adimora, associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and write Peter Leone of the North Carolina Division of Public Health in a commentary in the Washington Post. They add that the fear of public health workers, this latest study will have their 15 minutes in the spotlight and out of sight, and a similar study of more than 10 years, the Institute of Medicine released.BR / BR / Despite the huge costs [ETS] imposes on our health care system,
awareness of its importance, but was absent from public consciousness when the IOM study was released, the authors write. They add that the silence of the national sexually transmitted diseases may be associated with the difficulty of the countrys analyze the roles that race and poverty play in these trends. The taboo of talking about sexual behavior, poverty and race is an obvious reason for the rates of sexually transmitted diseases remain high, the authors write, adding, another is that the incidence of [STDs], in particular HIV is concentrated in poor neighborhoods, segregated characterized by high rates of incarceration.The changing patterns of marriage and courtship, are from men who are incarcerated, as well as an increase in the number of concurrent multiple sexual
partners also contributes to the problem, according to the authors.BR / BR / ITS U.S. cost ten billion dollars annually, But with the exception of HIV infection [STI] is the elephant in the room when it comes to national discussions on health and health care, the authors write. And they add: Since we can not have effective [STI] support prevention campaigns in poor communities of color, when treating a person at a time or ignore Pages: [1] 2