ECU: Protecting Against Sexually
Transmitted Infections
T or F: Although more than 20 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are
reported each year, many others are never diagnosed or reported, often because the people
who are infected are asymptomatic.
True
What age group is most at risk for STIs overall?
Ages 15-24
What barriers to prevention and treatment put adolescents and young adults at risk?
-Lack of access to affordable healthcare
-Lack of confidentiality
-Lack of transport
-Peer norms and media influences
-Risk-taking behaviors
-Social and cultural norms that promote and influence sexual activity
, Although both men and women feel the effects of STIs, long-term health consequences are
most serious for what sex, with 24,000 infertility cases each year?
Young women
T or F: Sterility is not an issue with untreated STIs for men.
False, they can face sterility as well
T or F: People who are uncomfortable discussing sexual issues are less likely to use or ask
their partners to use condoms to protect against STIs and pregnancy.
True
T or F: Like other communicable infections, STIs have both pathogen-specific incubation
periods and periods of communicability—times during which transmission is most likely.
True
T or F: The terms STI and STD are often used interchangeably but are actually different things.
True
Transmitted Infections
T or F: Although more than 20 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are
reported each year, many others are never diagnosed or reported, often because the people
who are infected are asymptomatic.
True
What age group is most at risk for STIs overall?
Ages 15-24
What barriers to prevention and treatment put adolescents and young adults at risk?
-Lack of access to affordable healthcare
-Lack of confidentiality
-Lack of transport
-Peer norms and media influences
-Risk-taking behaviors
-Social and cultural norms that promote and influence sexual activity
, Although both men and women feel the effects of STIs, long-term health consequences are
most serious for what sex, with 24,000 infertility cases each year?
Young women
T or F: Sterility is not an issue with untreated STIs for men.
False, they can face sterility as well
T or F: People who are uncomfortable discussing sexual issues are less likely to use or ask
their partners to use condoms to protect against STIs and pregnancy.
True
T or F: Like other communicable infections, STIs have both pathogen-specific incubation
periods and periods of communicability—times during which transmission is most likely.
True
T or F: The terms STI and STD are often used interchangeably but are actually different things.
True
