BIOECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS THAT MAKE ADOLESCENTS VULNERABLE TO SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS

Sexually transmissible infections in MSM

Although gay men in Sydney are generally well-informed about HIV and their own serostatus, their knowledge of other sexually transmissible infections (STIs)—including their own infection and vaccination history— appears to be much lower, according to an ongoing study of HIV-negative gay men. These findings suggest a need for more education around STIs to complement recently-introduced guideline...

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents

Adolescents are the age group at greatest risk for nearly all Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Adolescents are often at a higher risk for acquiring STIs because they are unable to conceptualize actions and their consequences. STIs are more prevalent among adolescent women than men, thus two thirds of newly infected adolescents aged 15-19 years are female. For reasons of biology, gender a...

BASHH statement on partner notification for sexually transmissible infections

Trait beliefs that make women vulnerable to math disengagement

This study examined if women’s beliefs regarding the malleability of traits influences their tendency to disengage from the math domain following failure. As predicted, women who believed their math skills were fixed and unchangeable showed less math identification and less interest in math tasks than women who believed their math skills were malleable. These results suggest that women with fix...

Evidence review for NSW Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI) Strategy