- Cite evidence to support the assertion that STIs are epidemic in the United States.
- Identify the cause of each major STI presented in this chapter using the bacterial-viral- ectoparasitic classification scheme, and note which category includes the STIs that are incurable.
- List the STIs that mothers can transmit to their infants during pregnancy, childbirth, and/or breastfeeding, and indicate whether medical intervention can stop mother-to-child transmission.
- Distinguish between those STIs that are almost exclusively transmitted by sexual contact and those that can be transmitted by both sexual contact and contact with contaminated objects.
- Keeping in mind that some infected people are symptom-free, describe the most common symptom associated with each of these sexually transmitted infections: gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, oral herpes, genital herpes, viral hepatitis, AIDS, genital warts, pediculosis and scabies.
- Recognize the techniques that are currently used to diagnose each of the major STIs.
- Distinguish between those STIs that are currently incurable and those that can be cured with appropriate treatment, and identify the primary treatment method used for each major STI.
- List two serious reproductive health problems that may develop in men and women who have an STI (such as gonorrhea) that goes untreated.
- Identify at least three reasons why there has been a surge in the incidence of STIs in the U.S.
- Provide an overview of the four stages involved in the development of syphilis.
- Describe how the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the United States varies by gender, race-ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation, and explain why subpopulation differences exist.
- Compare and contrast how HIV/AIDS has affected the populations of the U.S. and Africa.
- Summarize the process through which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disables the immune system and promotes the development of AIDS.
- List at least three factors that scientists think increase the risk of communicating HIV.
- Indicate at least three ways that people commonly, but incorrectly, believe HIV is transmitted.
- Discuss three psychosocial factors underlying risky sexual behavior among young people.
- Recognize how the safer-sex recommendations outlined in your text decrease your risk of communicating or contracting a sexually transmitting infection.
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