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  • Title: Venereal disease education and a selected group of American teenage females.
    Author: Yarber WL, Brasher DB.
    Journal: Sessualita; 1978; 2(3):65-79. PubMed ID: 12265602.
    Abstract:
    200 single teenage females from the Indianapolis Planned Parenthood Association and the venereal disease (VD) clinic at the Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis completed multiple-choice questionnaires for this 1975 study of previous VD education, current knowledge of VD, and VD educational needs and possibilities. 91% were sexually active at the time of the study. About 84% of the respondents were aged 16-18 but all ages from 13-19 were represented. 162 were in school and 150 were in grades 8-12. 137 were white and 59 were black. 41.6% participating in intercourse reported they were involved with 1 male. 20 had contracted gonorrhea or syphilis. 117 of the respondents cited school as their primary source of VD information, 19 cited friends, 7 parents, 21 books or pamphlets outside school, 8 a medical doctor, 6 a nurse, 5 each a boyfriend or television and radio, and 12 some other source. No significant relationships were found between primary source of VD information and having contracted gonorrhea or syphilis, knowledge of VD, or perceived need for VD education. 160 reported receiving VD education in high school, of whom 93 reported it was very helpful and 63 reported it was a little helpful. No significant relationship was found between previous school VD education and having contracted gonorrhea or syphilis. Subject responses to 4 knowledge questions concerning parental consent for VD treatment of a minor, relative gonorrhea risk of women on oral contraceptives, discovery of the disease in women, and modes of transmission of VD revealed a great deal of confusion and misinformation. Over 1/2 of respondents stated they did not want to learn more about how to avoid catching VD or where to go for treatment. Larger percentages indicated a desire to learn more about how a person catches VD and how to recognize that one has VD. 48% of respondents indicated they would seek VD information if available at Planned Parenthood, 23.5% at a library, 31.5% at school, 28.5% on television, 34.5% in magazines like Today's Health or Time, and 26.5% in magazines like Seventeen.
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