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Article: Evaluation of a knowledge- and cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention to prevent STDs and HIV infection in high school students.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- March 22, 1997
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The Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 12 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occur annually in the United States. Of these cases, two-thirds are estimated to occur in individuals under the age of 25 (Centers for Disease Control, 1991). Moreover, based on the number of gonorrhea infections in this age group, when compared to all other age groups, it is estimated that one in four sexually active teenagers will contract an STD before graduating from high school (Centers for Disease Control, 1991). Although less than one percent of all AIDS cases reported to date are among adolescents (Centers for Disease Control, 1994), these statistics ...