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One in four teen girls have STDs

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December 8, 2009, WWSB ABC Sarasota County (FLTV)

As many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease (STD), many infected soon after their first sexual encounter, a new government report shows.

"The high burden of STDs among teen girls reminds us that we can't ignore this," said study author Dr. Sami L. Gottlieb, from the division of sexually transmitted disease prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention.

CDC Report Finds Adolescent Girls Continue To Bear A Major Burden of Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Disproportionate Impact on Racial Minorities Persists

Adolescent girls ages 15–19 years had the largest reported number of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases (409,531) when compared to any other age group, followed closely by women ages 20-24, according to an annual report on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report finds that more than 1.5 million cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea were reported in 2008.

New Video - Speaking of Sex: Controlling the Stork

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Planning is power! Family planning services allow people to space children, prepare for parenthood, pursue a career before starting a family, or avoid pregnancy altogether. Its a tool that should be available to everyone no matter their income or insurance coverage. Tune in to this FUN video see why we think family planning is so important.

How Do I Get Tested for HIV?

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Watch "How Do I Get Tested?" from Planned Parenthood of North Florida.

Get Yourself Tested

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April 20, 2009, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

April is National STD Awareness Month, calling attention to the rapidly rising sexually transmitted disease rates, particularly among young people.

Sexually spread diseases on rise

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Sun-Sentinel, January 14, 2009

ATLANTA - Sexually spread diseases, for years on the decline, are on the rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting a record, government health officials said Tuesday.

Male Sexual Health

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As the saying goes, it's a man's world — except, perhaps, when it comes to reproductive and sexual health. There, by and large, women's reproductive health issues reign — just think of the TV ads for the new cervical cancer vaccine, or the pink ribbons for breast cancer research.

Manatee County Crisis

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After reading about the crisis Manatee County is facing in regards to teen pregnancy one thing was evident; the county's approach to abstinence only sexual education is failing miserably. Here are the sobering facts:

Manatee County has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state.

Out of 67 counties, Manatee is the 17th highest; and, in births to teens 10 to 14 years of age, Manatee has the 13th highest rate.

In 2006, one-third of 2,196 ninth-graders surveyed admitted that they had sexual intercourse. This was a 3 percent increase over the 2004 results.

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