BACKGROUND Chlamydia trachomatis infection (CT) is the most prevalent bacterial STD. Sexually active adolescents and young adults are the main risk group for CT. However, STD testing rates in this group are low since exposed individuals may not feel at risk, owing-at least in part-to the infection's largely asymptomatic nature. Designing new testing environments that are more appealing to young...

UNLABELLED Background Physician-adolescent sexuality discussions are a recommended element in health maintenance visits, but such discussions - if they occur at all - probably vary by adolescents' characteristics and situations, and physicians' personal beliefs and training. However, little is known about the form and content of physician-adolescent sexuality discussions during health maintenan...

HEALTH ISSUE: Much attention is devoted to women's reproductive health, but the formative and mature stages of women's sexual lives are often overlooked. We have analyzed cross-sectional data from the Sexual Behaviour module of the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), and reviewed the literature and available indicators of the sexual health of Canadian women. KEY FINDINGS: Contemp...

Remaja di Indonesia saat ini memiliki Sikap dan perilaku seksual yang menyimpang antara lain seks diluar nikah, pernikahan usia dini, kehamilan pada remaja. Pada remaja 15-19 tahun, proporsi terbesar berpacaran pertama kali 15-17 tahun. Sekitar 33,3% perempuan 34,5% laki-laki berusia tahun mlai mereka belum 15 tersebut khawatirkan keterampilan hidup memadai, beresiko pacaran tidak sehat yaitu m...

School based sexuality education remains a hotly debated topic in the United States. Two key areas of this debate focus on teacher preparation to instruct sexuality education and teachers’ attitudes and comfort with the subject matter. This article describes the development and psychometric testing of the Teachers’ Attitude and Comfort Scale. This simple-to-use instrument has acceptable constru...

This is a commentary on, "A Health Education Perspective on Sexual Risk Taking Behavior in Perimenopausal Women" by Silvea Thomas, California Journal of Health Promotion 2004, 2(1), 56-60. © 2004 Californian Journal of Health Promotion. All rights reserved.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a theoretically based sex education programme for adolescents (SHARE) delivered by teachers reduced unsafe sexual intercourse compared with current practice. DESIGN Cluster randomised trial with follow up two years after baseline (six months after intervention). A process evaluation investigated the delivery of sex education and broader features of each school. ...