While sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) affect men and women of all backgrounds and economic levels, young people bear a disproportionate burden of STDs in Arizona. And according to the Arizona Department of Health 2011 Annual STD Report, reported chlamydia cases in Arizona have steadily increased from 2006 to 2011. This rise in chlamydia rates requires some intervention/education.
Similar to national trends, adolescents in Arizona, particularly young women, are disproportionately affected by chlamydia. Closer examination of chlamydia rates among young people ages 15 - 24 reveals extremely high values, nearly five times the rates for the state as a whole. In 2011, cases from this age group comprise 68% of all chlamydia cases in Arizona.
Because most people who become infected with chlamydia don’t realize they have it, and therefore don't seek treatment, it can cause significant health problems among women. For instance, untreated chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can become recurrent among young women and girls often leading to expensive health complications and/or infertility.
Sexually active women in their childbearing years are most at risk, and those under age 25 are more likely to develop PID than those older than 25. This is partly because the cervix of teenage girls and young women is not fully matured, increasing their susceptibility to the STDs that are linked to PID.
So as you can see, if you're going to have sex, especially with multiple partners, it's always in your own best interests to have safe sex. Use latex condoms each and every time you have sex, and get tested at least yearly. Because the last thing you want to be called is - damaged goods.
Still think that it's not important to practice safe sex?
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ASU School of Social Work faculty member Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, PhD recently released findings from her new study on the use of adult-services advertisements to offer sex or prostitution.
She and her colleagues examined adult services ads placed on the website Backpage.com, and determined that about 80% of the ads posted on the Backpage.com in Phoenix were for prostitutes. "We believe one in every 20 men in the Phoenix metro area, not just the city of Phoenix, are responding to online ads," Roe-Sepowitz said.
People who are damaged goods are each emotionally seriously hurt by one sexual encounter longer so rape females as damaged by a male-dominated religious or ethnic radical group. Such male-dominated groups or dictatorships think they have the right to control women.
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