Adolescence and sexual behavior: Trends and implications for STD

摘要: Teenage sexual activity became more common in the 1970s, and that trend may continue this decade. Teenagers have thus established themselves as an important component of population at risk sexually transmitted disease (STD). Adolescents exhibit many same features behavior seen adult population. However, adolescents' abilities to recognize, evaluate symptoms of, seek treatment for STD are generally limited. Many teenagers hesitant admit they begun or something like could happen them. The combination these factors with liberalizing trends last decade has elevated made job adolescent health care providers difficult.