In United States, a sexually transmitted disease is higher for African-American female adolescents

Running head : SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

In United States , a Sexually Transmitted Disease is Higher for

African-American Female Adolescents (name (professor (school (subject

Abstract

A recent study indicated that in the United States , one in four young females ages between 14 and 19 is infected with at least one of the most usual sexually transmitted disease . The study further indicated that almost half of the African-American female adolescent population is infected by sexually transmitted diseases . Sexual awareness educations for young female Americans must be sincerely continued by both government and nongovernment

organization in to reduce transmission of sexual diseases among the said population

In United States , a Sexually Transmitted Disease is Higher for

African-American Female Adolescents

Sexually transmitted diseases persist to be a significant health dilemma for adolescent females . In March 2008 , a Center for Disease Control and Prevention study was released indicating that in the United States , one in four young females ages between 14 and 19 is infected with at least one of the most usual sexually transmitted disease (CDC , 2008 , n .p The ratio is about 26 percent of the country 's adolescent female population , or approximately 3 .2 million teenage girls (CDC , 2008 n .p . Further , the study indicated that nearly half of the African-American teenage girls or about 48 percent were affected with such disease , as compared to only 20 percent of adolescent White females (CDC , 2008 , n .p

According to the same study , overall , the most common sexually transmitted disease affecting the teenage population were HPV , or human papillamovirus which is infecting18 percent of the studied population and Chlamydia which is infecting about 4 percent of the same population

Issues and Barriers to the Present Intervention

The rates of the risk factor for STD 's infection and STD 's diagnosis vary for females on diverse ethnicities and races . Lack of detection of the partner 's risk factors is primarily the biggest concern why there are such overwhelming increases of sexually transmitted diseases among African-American adolescents today . Generally , a number of young women may be uninformed of their male partner 's risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases , particularly HIV (CDC , 2008 , n .p . Lack of STD awareness , lower sensitivity of risk , alcohol or drug use , and the diverse interpretations of safe sex may add to the said disproportion of affected women

Moreover , almost 1 in 4 Blacks survive in poverty today (CDC , 2008 n .p . Socioeconomic setbacks related with poverty as well as restricted access to high-quality health care the trade of sex for money , drugs or other needs and higher intensities of substance use that can carry sexually transmitted diseases can indirectly or directly add to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases transmission factors (CDC , 2008 n .p

Recommendations

Sexual awareness educations for young female Americans , particularly African-American female teenagers must be sincerely continued in to empower the said population , and importantly reduce sexually transmitted diseases infections on them (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , 2008 , n .p . The CDC must incessantly...