Friday, October 04, 2024

Condom use down among sexually active teens and young adults

It's hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Some University of Mississippi students walking past after their workout snicker and point, and the few who step forward to consider grabbing a condom rethink it when their friends catch up, laughter trailing behind them. Almost no one actually reaches in to take one. Though officials say they refill the bowl multiple times a day, and condoms are available at multiple places on campus, Ole Miss students say the disinterest is indicative of changing attitudes. Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all. And people ages 15 to 24 made up half of new chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases in 2022.

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More from the cited article...

... The downward trend in condom usage is due to a few things: medical advancements like long-term birth control options and drugs that prevent sexually transmitted infections; a fading fear of contracting HIV; and widely varying degrees of sex education in high schools.

Is this the end of condoms? Not exactly. But it does have some public health experts thinking about how to help younger generations have safe sex, be aware of their options " condoms included " and get tested for STIs regularly.

"Old condom ads were meant to scare you, and all of us were scared for the longest time," said Dr. Joseph Cherabie, medical director of the St. Louis HIV Prevention Training Center. "Now we're trying to move away from that and focus more on what works for you." ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-04 07:02 PM

This is News because??

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-10-04 09:42 PM

@#2 ... This is News because?? ...

Yeah, I wondered the same thing.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-05 12:15 AM

And people ages 15 to 24 made up half of new chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases in 2022.

Thanks for this, as someone with an daughter its nice to know, keep track of my girl. Let her know.

The more you know.


@#2 ... This is News because?? ...
Yeah, I wondered the same thing.

Because you don't have children, probably weren't an engineer, and don't know what the demographic range for "youth" is.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-10-05 12:30 AM

@#4 ... as someone with an daughter its nice to know, keep track of my girl. ...

Does your current alias also track her online activity with a similar vengeance?

That aside...

The State of STIs -- CDC Reports an Alarming Rise in Syphilis
www.ashasexualhealth.org

So I ask, how can we encourage our hormone-enabled teens to avoid such diseases?




#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-05 12:42 AM

This is News because?? ...Yeah, I wondered the same thing.

Three out if the five posts belong to the gaslighter alias. Pavlov would be proud.

#6 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-10-05 02:41 PM

funny flag him, gracie. it's all your good for.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-05 03:18 PM

I mean, they are pretty gross.

And for some of us ... *ahem* ... constricting.

But I'm sure abstinence only education has a role in this as well.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-05 11:21 PM

JPW talking about truck stops again. *relax, I'm effing with you*

Not a good trend. Unwanted pregnancies, STD's ... .hopefully it's a migration toward less risky oral sex.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-07 12:16 AM

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