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Question 1

What are the The United States Healthy People 2020 goals?

Answer 1

Improved pregnancy planning and spacing
Prevention of unintended pregnancy
Promotion of healthy sexual behaviors

Increased access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted 			diseases and their complications

Question 2

What % of highschoolers have had sex?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

What % of highschoolers are currently sexually active?

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

What STD’s account for almost 90 percent of STIs in highschoolers?

Answer 4

Human papillomavirus (HPV), Chlamydia, and trichomoniasis

Question 5

What % of highschool girls have at least one of four STI (HPV, Chlamydia, herpes simplex virus (HSV), and trichomoniasis)?

Answer 5

25%

Question 6

What % of teens identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual?

Answer 6

5%

Question 7

How is biological sex defined?

Answer 7

typically is defined by medical assessment of genitalia during infancy

Question 8

What is anatomic sex?

Answer 8

usually is viewed as a binary concept, male or female

Question 9

What is gender identity?

Answer 9

is an individual’s innate sense of being male, female, or somewhere in between

Question 10

What are gender roles?

Answer 10

is society’s expectations of attitudes, behaviors, and personality traits typically based on biologic sex.

Question 11

What is gender expression?

Answer 11

how gender is presented to the outside world but does not necessarily correlate with gender identity

Question 12

What are transgenders?

Answer 12

individuals whose gender role or gender identity is not congruent with their biologic or anatomically assigned sex

Question 13

What is sexual orientation?

Answer 13

individual’s pattern of physical and emotional arousal (including fantasies, activities, and behaviors) and the gender(s) of persons to whom an individual is physically or sexually attracted

Question 14

What is sexual identity?

Answer 14

An individual person’s assessment of her or his sexual orientation

Question 15

What is sexual behavior?

Answer 15

alone is neither a sensitive nor a specific predictor of adolescent gender identification, sexual orientation, or sexual identity

Question 16

What is human sexuality?

Answer 16

a broad concept that embodies interaction among anatomy, hormones, and physiology, psychology, interpersonal relationships, and sociocultural influences

Question 17

What ages is early adolescence?

Answer 17

10-14

Question 18

What occurs during early adolescence?

Answer 18

concrete thinking, preoccupations and insecurities surrounding the physical changes of the body, and an egocentric approach to sexuality. Sexual curiosity and exploration may lead to initiating sexual experimentation with masturbation, or early sexual activity with same- or opposite-gender sexual partners

Question 18

What ages is middle adolescence?

Answer 18

15-18

Question 19

What are some concerns with pregnant adolescents?

Answer 19

Pregnant adolescents are more likely to delay seeking prenatal care and have higher rates of unfavorable birth outcomes, such as prematurity, infant mortality, and poor health and developmental outcomes.

Question 20

What occurs during middle adolescence?

Answer 20

complete the physical changes of puberty and begin to have more romantic relationships typically characterized by serial monogamy or having several partners at once and over brief periods of time. Middle teens can begin to imagine the consequences of their actions but still may not fully understand them and, because of this, engage in risk-taking behaviors such as substance use and unprotected sexual activity

Question 20

What is a critical component of any comprehensive pregnancy and STI prevention strategy?

Answer 20

Contraceptive counseling, including discussion of abstinence

Question 21

What occurs during late adolescence?

Answer 21

have more mature social skills, empathy, and an understanding of risks and consequences that help them develop more intimate and serious relationships. They have a mature understanding and enjoyment of their physical self, gender role, sexual orientation, and sexual behaviors. They can participate in a variety of intimate and social relationships (romantic partners, friends, family, professional colleagues) with a broader sense of connection and purpose in the community.

Question 21

Which youth is at highest risk for STIs?

Answer 21

those in juvenile detention facilities, young men having sex with men and youth using injection drugs

Question 22

What is the first step in establishing basic trust and respect between the medical provider and the adolescent patient?

Answer 22

confidentiality