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Adolescent Health
Teens unaware of STDs until they get one, study finds
January 26th, 2006
Most sexually active teenage girls know relatively little about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) until it is too late, according to a paper by Carnegie Mellon University in the January 2006 edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health. "For the most part kids learn about sexually transmitted diseases when they are getting diagnosed with them," said Julie Downs, lead author of the study and a member of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon. The results came from a survey of 300 adolescent girls in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area. The researchers gave the girls a test to gauge their knowledge of eight STDs:...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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