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STD Prevention for Adolescents
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While sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) affect individuals of all ages, STDs take a particularly heavy toll on young people. For example, a national study states, “one in four adolescent girls (ages 14-19) in the United States are infected with one of four common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and African American girls had a 50% prevalence of any one of the assessed STIs. The CDC estimates that youth between the ages of 15-24 are over one-quarter of the sexually active population but represent half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections in the United States each year. In Georgia, adolescents ages 15-24 were 58% of all STD cases in 2019 with 54,726 STD cases (OASIS, 2020). Of those STD cases diagnosed among adolescents, 80% were Chlamydia cases. Each year, African Americans make up over 35% of Youth STD cases in Georgia (2015-2019).
Information For Adolescents and Teens
Information For Adolescents and Teens
Information For Parents
For Parents
Page Last Updated 12/31/2022