Testing Positive: Sexually Transmitted Disease and the Public Health Response articles

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Major Public Health Problem.
January 1, 1993... In the last century, infectious diseases in the United States have been largely conquered. Devastating diseases such as diphtheria, typhoid, measles and polio have been brought under control, if not virtually eradicated. (1,2) Yet, in stark...

What are the Risk Factors for Acquiring an STD?(sexually transmitted disease)
January 1, 1993... By definition, an STD is an infection that can be passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Theoreticaliy, anyone who is sexually active is at risk of acquiring an STD. In reality, however, one's risk of becoming infected...

Who is Most Affected by STDs?(sexually transmitted diseases)
January 1, 1993... Because sexual behavior determines exposure to the risk of STDs, men and women of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and income levels acquire STDs. However, women, teenagers, the poor and minorities, especially blacks, bear the brunt of...

What are the Financial Costs of STDs?(sexually transmitted diseases)
January 1, 1993... Few comprehensive data exist on the costs associated with sexually transmitted infections. From the information that is available, however, it is clear that the economic burden imposed by these infections is extremely high, and that an...

The Federal Public Health Response.(to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases)
January 1, 1993... The federal government has been involved in efforts to control the spread of STDs since the early 1900s. (64) The formal program of providing grants to states to carry out screening and other activities was established in 1938 with passage of...

Is it Time for Redirection and Expansion?(in sexually transmitted disease prevention and treatment)
January 1, 1993... Given the dramatically expanded spectrum of STDs in recent years, Congress, which has funding and oversight responsibility for the STD program, and the CDC, which carries it out, should reexamine the program's strategies, priorities and...

Responding Positively.(public health response to sexually transmitted disease treatment and prevention)
January 1, 1993... The problem of STDs in the United States is not new. In the early 1930s, one in 10 Americans was believed to have syphilis, and nearly 700,000 new cases of gonorrhea occurred annually. Throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries, however,...