Many people still associate STD with specific group of people. In today's society STD can affect anyone and that is what most people fail to realize. "It will never happen to me", "I trust my partner" is what most people think in their mind. It is important that we value our health and get tested. People believe that STD affects only prostitutes, gays, Drug users and etc but now STD can affect anyone including people in relationships. No matter what our status is everyone should get tested because prevention is better than cure.
"The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released results of a study that show startling statistics for female teens: One of every four teenage girls has at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD). That translates to about 3 million teenage girls in the United States "(
Dyess, 2008 ).
"Health officials recommend annual screening tests to detect Chlamydia for sexually active women younger than 25 and also recommend that women between the ages of 11 to 26 be vaccinated against HPV" (Dyess, 2008) .
"There are 19 million sexually transmitted diseases in the United States – that cost the health care system $15 billion a year - with almost half occurring among the 14-to-25 age group according to Dr. Kevin Fenton of the CDC. Officials described STD as a public health epidemic and stated that efforts must be made to improve screening, education, and other prevention strategies for sexually active teens"(Dyess, 2008).
After reviewing this information i concluded that it is really important we educate ourselves and talk to our children.
Media plays a lot of role in how women perceive aging and the side effects that women face. young women ideas about aging has been modified by what they see and hear in the media. Some culture might consider aging and menopause to be a graceful change in a woman's life while other culture might consider menopause and aging to be a bad change because of the effects that it brings about. Women are affected by menopause differently and should not always rely on what the media thinks. The best way is to talk to your physician and find out all you can about menopause in order to prepare one's self. I feel that aging is suppose to be graceful and appreciated because not everyone experience that aspect of life. As an individual we should learn to love ourselves and acknowledge that aging is part of life. The way we take care of our body when we are young, shows when we start to age. We should eat healthy and engage in physical activities to limit problems that affects older women. Aging is part of life and if we could love how we look and stop trying to change ourselves by doing surgery or botox then society will view us differently.
