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Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hawaii Teens

Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hawaii Teens. Hawaii’s Board of Education Meeting February 4, 2014. Glenn M. Wasserman, M.D., M.P.H. Chief, Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Division Hawaii Department of Health.

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Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hawaii Teens

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  1. Sexual Activity, Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Hawaii Teens Hawaii’s Board of Education Meeting February 4, 2014 Glenn M. Wasserman, M.D., M.P.H. Chief, Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Division Hawaii Department of Health

  2. Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data: Sexual Activity • 24% of high school students have had sex in the past 3 months • 53% used birth control during last intercourse

  3. YRBS Data: “Ever had sex” by Grade, 2011 Percent (%) Source: 2011 YRBS

  4. Source: Hawaii Department of Health, Family Health Services Division Profiles Special Calculations

  5. Chlamydia in 15-19 Y.O. Female Adolescents Source: CDC WONDER

  6. Adolescents 15 – 19 Have Highest Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections Source: CDC WONDER

  7. Sexual Identity – YRBS Data • 9% of HS boys and 12% of HS girls identify themselves as other than heterosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual or not sure) • 4% of HS boys and 8% of girls had same sex sexual contacts Source: 2011 YRBS

  8. Consequences • Early pregnancies, births • 9% of births statewide are to women 15-19 years of age (~1500 births per year) • STIs and their health consequences • Risks for pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and other serious conditions • 1 in 4 sexually active adolescent females have an STI • High rates of sexually transmitted infections

  9. Acknowledgements Thank you to the following staff members for contributing to this presentation • Gerald L. Hasty, Ph.D., M.S. – STD/AIDS Prevention Branch • Donald Hayes, M.D., M.P.H. – Family Health Services Division • Tonya Lowery St. John, M.P.H. – Healthy Hawaii Initiative

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