Open AccessPostpartum Sexually Transmitted Disease
Author(s) -
Rebekah Wheeler,
Valerie A. Earnshaw,
Trace Kershaw,
Jeannette R. Ickovics
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e31824e5167
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , postpartum period , sexually transmitted disease , risk factor , gynecology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Scant literature exists on sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk specific to pregnancy and postpartum. The objective of this prospective study is to examine risk factors for incident postpartum STDs among young mothers (ages, 14-25).