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Risk behaviors on youth are issues that the sociologists and psychologists regard as big deals . The youth comprises the major work force of the future yet the trends and the activities they do sometimes put them to the verge of having complications and diseases that are transmitted through having sexual intercourses . Their every day activities may lead them to something that can really matter especially with their health and their spirituality

Modernism and liberalism are issues that are

usually faced by the youth today by which values that are regarded to be sacred before are now called passy and often treated as something for the centuries , not for the modern age . One of the issues mentioned are women engaging to pre-marital sex at a young age , and worse cases to multiple partners Downs , Murray , et . al (2004 ) formulated a study that dealt with the behavior of females who are likely to commit to sexual activities involving oral and anal sex , together with the sexual intercourse itself . Their study aimed to determine some controlling factors with the behavior of women regarding sex . It provided different ways of informing the women of the possible consequences of having sexual intercourse with the opposite sex

Having a number of reviews of articles , they gathered 300 sexually active females (6 months before the study started ) from different places in Pittsburgh are that are still subdivided from hospitals , clinics and a teaching hospital . The authors of the study first surveyed for the participants who are willing to be tested and undergo the study . Parents were also asked if they are willing to let their daughters below 18 years become the participants of the study . According from the article parents were more than willing to let their daughters be part of the team or the respondents

Questions that asked the motives of having sex were asked during the interview . It will help the evaluators to assess the usual situations before the actual intercourse happens . The study also has its way of letting the participants choose a way that they will be best informed In this way , they will have an idea of how they are going to control their sexual drives . The modes of the study are : interactive video clip a book that offers the same content as the video and brochures that offer the same

One video clip from HYPERLINK "http /www .WhatCouldYouDo .org www .WhatCouldYouDo .org was shown to them that portrayed a girl and a boy that depended on the concept of condom ' love that is often pictured as something satisfying other than the act of abstinence . Their knowledge about STD was also measured trough the 40 questions posted in the study , and they have a percentage of 65 .5 correct concepts about the matter . On the other hand , 67 .7 of them has the right knowledge about specific STD issues

Controls without the interventions were more likely to still engage in the activity...