Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm

by Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, et al.

One in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018, totaling nearly 68 million estimated infections. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences, including chronic pelvic pain, infertility, miscarriage or newborn death, and increased risk of HIV infection, genital and oral cancers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309683955
• ISBN13: 9780309683951
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 750 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"