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STIs come from and are…

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STIs come from sexual contact and are the most common infectious disease in the US

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INC in non-HIV STIs…

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50% worldwide!
Younger people and M who have sex w/ men are most likely
-DEC condom use from porn or media influence
-Potential INC in reporting
*Those low in SES cannot *DEC $ for clinics

Secrecy
-Bad stigma and moral conflict

No comfort discussing sex, DEC learning about safe sex, INC in STIs spread

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Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) and STI contraction

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We blame others (internal), but if it was us, it would be out of our control (external)

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Self Blaming Bias and STI contraction

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Good things happen to you, you caused it (internal), good things happen to others, it was something else (external)

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STI numbers

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-50% of new STIs are from those ages 14-24
*Chlamydia and HPV are most common
-~1/4 of sexually active teen F have some STI
*F more vulnerable due to INC surface area
-+50% of those sexually active will acquire an STI by age 25

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Condom use VS patner limitation

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Careful, proper condom use is better than limiting the number of partners
-Safe sex is best sex

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LT committed relations and STIs

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-Can still pass STIs
-“Love” = DEC protection use
-Cannot be 100% sure your partner is monogamous
-LT relationships may not last
-50% of college students report lying to their current partner about # of PREV

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Chlamydia rates (2018)

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-Race role
*Those black have INC likelihood of contracting
-Sex (M or F) role
*F INC chance of contraction
*F INC likelihood of getting tested?

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Gonorrhea and Syphilis

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-M INC chance of diagnose
-Same race role as chlamydia
*Poverty role
*Tuskegee experiment w/ black people being told they were being treated
*STR in conspiracy belief in black people, DEC chance of seeking treatment or using condoms
*DEC COVID testing as well

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Chlamydia

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-Signs start 1-3w after contraction
-Bacteria hangs out in mucus membranes
-F are a-symptomatic
*Can cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), infertility, & tubal pregnancy (INC in scar tissue doesn’t allow fetus to go where it needs to)
-M show 1/2 of symptoms
*Untreated can cause burning w/ urination, scar tissue on vas deferens, and infertility

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Gonorrhea

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-F are a-symp early
*Untreated can cause PID (40%), infertility, and tubule pregnancy
-Mucus membrane
-M show symptoms within 2-5d
*Painful, itching, burning w/ urination
*Untreated = Sterility in 10%
*Can lead to hospitalization
*Later stages cause fever and severe abdominal pain (in M & F)
*INC resistance to medication

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Syphilis

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-Mucus membrane
-Contact through blood
-3 stages:
*canker on genitals (~3w)
*Skin rash over body
*Latency stage (~1yr) dormant bacteria (Can attack INC organs via heart blood vessels, killing neurons in the brain w/ schizo-like sympt)
-F = canker on cervix
-M = canker on penis shaft
-Canker can explode, exposing germs
*INC HIV vulnerability *Infectious, lots of germs
-Can be deadly

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HIV viral infection Transmission

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3 ways to transmit
-Unprotected sex w/ HIV + person (exposure to their fluids)
-Mother to infant (Antivirals or C-section can prevent), breast feeding can transmit
-Contact w/ infected blood

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HIV viral infection I

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-Causes AIDs, compromising the immune system
-Opportunistic infection
-Mode of transmission
*Performing a BJ on someone +, can cause risk w/ precum and ejaculate
-Unprotected M-M anal sex INC chance
*Rectum lining is VERY thing
*20% INC since 2005 M-M sex w/out condom (porn influence and “fuck it” stigma)

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HIV viral infection II

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-F usually contract via P-V intercourse
*INC risk w/ vaginal wall
-Viral load highest 2-3w after contraction
-Pneumonia - ~1yr after diagnosis, 1 MILLION are untreated
-Non-progressors don’t have symptoms ~8yrs later
-Condoms (hetero) >80% effective
-$ issue, medicines are expensive

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HPV (Human Papalova Virus)

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-Varying strains w/ varying risk (low and high)
-Low - Genital warts (3w-8m after initial contact)
-High - Cancers
Oral, throat*, cervical
-Highly contagious
-Mostly a-sympt
-90% of cases clear within 1yr
-No test, is a virus, don’t know which
-Most don’t know

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HPV treatment

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-Cream
-Nitro freeze warts
-Laser surgery for internal F warts
-No vaccine & no protection and sex w/ a positive person is an 80-90% risk of infection

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Why aren’t people in the US getting Vaccinated?

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-Anti-vaxcers
-“support permission slip”
-$

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HSV Viral infection

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Painful blister/ulcer-like flu like sympt
-HSV-I : “oral” (HSV-I&II sympt are interchangeable)
-HSV-II : “genital”
-Thought I&II sympt couldn’t come together either
-Can pass just from kissing

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HSV lifetime estimates those ages 15-50s

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I : ~15%
II : ~50%

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Primary Attack

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First time, more severe, attack/outbreak
-No anti-bodies yet
-Stress = INC vulnerability of having an attack

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Herpes Viral Infection

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-Can cause blindness from getting in eye, INC tissue build up
-Death is possible but rare, virus would get to get to the brain

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Herpes treatment and outbreak reduction

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-Antivirals
-Valtrex - 70-80% less likely to have outbreak

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Stigmatism and coping w/ having STIs

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-INC stress, anger, isolation, and emotional numbness
-Relieved w/ medication

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Hepatitis

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Treatable & curable
-H-A
-H-B & C

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Hepatitis A

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Intense stomach bug
-Contracted via contact via feces
-Vaccine has greatly DEC cases
*formerly most common amongst gay M

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Hepatitis B&C

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-Can result in significant liver damage untreated
-Blood born
-No vaccine for either
-Treated w/ antivirals
*More people die from H-C than HIV
-B usually goes away on its own but can be treated
-Antivirals are expensive

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Protection

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-M condom
-F condom
-Dental dam

M-condom > F-condom > dental dam

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Psych aspects of using Skin Barrier Protection and Safer Sex

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-Sexual sensation seekers = DEC use
-Type of act and gender
*M INC likelihood of not using protection
*Oral = No protection
-Threat to MASC = DEC protection use
*Especially for MASC M
-Perceived DEC partner arousal = DEC use

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Delay and probability discounting

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Measuring intention w/ varying intervals of having to wait
-Saying will engage in a behavior = INC chance of doing said behavior
-Lack of impulse control
-10% said they would delay, 3% said no
-Partner attraction role (Halo effect)
*INC attraction, DEC use
*STI risk variance = protection use variance
*STI type role

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Drug Use and Protection Use

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Users of almost any drug = DEC protection use
-Drug use and impulsivity correlation
-Experimental evidence showing alcohol (also cocaine but not meth) = DEC use
*M w/ alcohol = DEC wait time to use protection even w/ INC risk
*Powerful CNS depressants (alcohol) and stimulants = INC sexual impulsivity

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Social Network and Familiarity

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We like people = Spend INC time with them = Thinking we know them = INC in unsafe sex

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