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Web app prompts important sexual health testing

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2015Technologyalexander ecker sammlung, chlamydia, dieter speck, gonorrhea, heiko wegmann, hiv, inner working, jose bauermeister, projekt freiburg postkolonial, risk, selling orientation, selling oriented occupations, sexually transmitted diseases, sti, syphilis, uebergabe menschlicher ueberreste, web app, web based program, zwei schaedel

ANN ARBOR — A personalized web app designed to encourage young men at risk for sexually transmitted diseases to go for testing has proven successful in a small trial conducted in Southeast Michigan.

Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Center for Sexuality & Health Disparities developed the web-based program called “Get Connected” to encourage young men who have sex with men to get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. (more…)

Data on today’s youth reveal childhood clues for later risk of STDs

Here’s yet another reason to focus on kids’ early years. Children who grow up in well-managed households, enjoy school, and have friends who stay out of trouble report fewer sexually transmitted diseases in young adulthood, according to a new analysis.

The findings, from University of Washington longitudinal surveys of nearly 2,000 participants, suggest that efforts to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases should begin years before most people start having sex. (more…)

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Web app prompts important sexual health testing

Data on today’s youth reveal childhood clues for later risk of STDs