Open AccessHave we missed the boat? The current, preventable surge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States.
Author(s) -
Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing,
Angela D. Bryan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000834
Subject(s) - psycinfo , medicine , environmental health , sexually active , young adult , demography , medline , gerontology , population , political science , law , sociology
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) declined over several decades and reached historic lows by 2009. Unfortunately, STIs have resurged since then. Adolescents and young adults comprise approximately half of the new cases, and up to two thirds are youth of color. We briefly review the emergence of this new STI epidemic and offer several recommendations to prevent transmission of STIs in youth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).