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runaways and homeless, 79 , 81 , 134 , 139 , 266 , 272 , 274
sexual behavior, 36 , 69 , 81 , 82 , 93 , 102-104 , 124 , 132 , 143 , 163 , 200 , 264 , 268
sexuality education, 4 , 82 , 89-90 , 91 , 108 , 137-138 , 140 , 264 , 265 , 386-388 , 396 , 398
sex workers, 83 , 266
substance abuse, 37 , 77 , 81 , 82 , 392
surveillance, 200
susceptibility to infection, 28 , 61 , 71 , 124
syphilis, 82
television portrayal of, 93
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 11 , 145 , 270
Advocacy, 133-134 , 136 , 214 , 242 , 393
Advocates for Youth, 95 , 97
Aetna U.S. Healthcare, 190
African Americans
access to services, 75
adolescents, 130-131 , 391-392
clinic users, 177
condom use, 38 , 130-131 , 148
ectopic pregnancy deaths, 45
initiation of sexual intercourse, 105
interventions for, 391-392
perceptions of risk, 125
risk of STDs, 37-38
women, 148
Age.
See also Adolescents
and access to care, 75
and condom use, 148
discrepancy between sex partners, 80
and entry into marriage, 105
and health education, 138-139 , 268
initiation of sexual intercourse, 104-105 , 121 , 124
and STD infection, 40 , 71
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended interventions by, 364-366
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 220 , 244 , 245 , 248-249 , 250 , 292
AIDS, 28 , 39 .
See also HIV infection
cohort study, 51
deaths, 49 , 50
lag time to development of, 71
rates, 31
research, 262
AIDS Action Council, 97
AIDS Community Demonstration Projects initiative, 136
AIDS Education and Training Centers, 207
Alabama, 82
Alan Guttmacher Institute, 98 , 180
Alcohol use
by adolescents, 77 , 79
and sexual behavior, 76 , 79
and STDs, 76 , 79
American Association of Health Plans, 195 , 282 , 379
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, 97
American Cancer Society, 232
American Counseling Association, 97
American Indians/Alaska Natives
hepatitis B immunization, 145
risk of STDs, 37
American Jewish Congress-Commission for Women's Equality, 97
American Medical Association, 97 , 98 , 290
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 98
American Psychological Association, 98
American Social Health Association, 98 , 214
Anal
cancer, 32 , 36 , 38 , 42 , 43 , 46 , 48
gonorrhea, 204
intercourse, 32 , 124
syphilis, 38
Antibiotic resistance, 34 , 35 , 158 , 199 , 312
Antibiotic therapy, 144 , 145 , 161 , 162
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, risk of STDs, 37
Association for the Advancement of Health Education, 98
Association for Sex Education and Training, 98
Association of American Medical Colleges, 290
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, 98
Association of Schools of Public Health, 212
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 98 , 247
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, 212
Asymptotic infections, 107 , 151 , 312 , 314
chlamydial, 36 , 70 , 195 , 312
diagnosis of, 2 , 20 , 158
gender and, 2 , 20 , 36
gonorrhea, 36 , 312
hepatitis B, 70 , 199
herpes simplex virus, 107 , 199
HIV, 70 , 153 , 199