Abstract

REYES G, Ariel E. Sexually transmitted infections: A public health problem in the world and in Venezuela. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.2, pp.63-71. ISSN 1690-3293.

Sexually transmitted infections are sexually transmitted and non-sexual way; in which the study, prevention and treatment are very important for the health of the individual, the family and society. These infections affect men and women in sexually active age, but more often in young adults. Because of its high morbidity and mortality, it causes adverse effects on quality of life, reproductive health and child in families, and a heavy economic and health burden due to high medical costs attributable to the payment of facilities and medical treatment and loss of productivity for the time these patients spend without engaging in productive activities; including the disfiguring lesions in genitals and psychological disorders caused by these infections in patients. It is very important to know these infections, etiology, transmission, clinical frame, complications and treatment; and sexual behaviors that means a risk for acquisition, which will result in a transcendental element in its management through prevention and sex education.

Keywords : Sexually Transmitted Infection; Prevention; Sexual Education.

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