What sexually transmitted infections are more common in this age group and what are the risk factors for them?
Using the information below, create a social media campaign that is informative for the age group identified below. Make sure your campaign is eye-catching and informative and has factual information within the campaign ad. You will provide one peer review based on the scholarly information they have presented.
While sexually transmitted infections affect individuals of all ages, they are particularly concerning among young people. CDC estimates that adolescents and young adults, ages 15 to 24, account for about 10 million new sexually transmitted infections that occur in the United States each year. That is about half of the new infections, even though adolescents and young adults account for only about one-quarter of the sexually active population.
Suppose you are developing a public awareness campaign on sexually transmitted infections. Your target audience is middle and late adolescents and you plan to use social media. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website will provide you with the information you need at https://www.cdc.gov/std/life-stages-populations/adolescents-youngadults.htm (Links to an external site.)
1. What sexually transmitted infections are more common in this age group and what are the risk factors for them?
2. What are the signs and symptoms of the three most common STIs? How can you describe them in a way that gets the point across to your audience without being overly graphic or sensationalistic? What are the potential short- and long-term implications if an STI goes untreated?
3. What should young people do if they think they might have an STI? Where should they go? What clinics are there in your community? What kind of treatments might they expect?
4. What can the youth do to protect themselves from STIs?
5. Now use the information you’ve collected in the previous questions to develop your social media materials. Come up with the best format ideas (videos, infographics, memes, or other methods) that will provide information about the three most common sexually transmitted infections, their signs, symptoms, and treatment, their potential consequences should they go untreated, and how they can be prevented.
