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Post by T-SMOOVE on Jul 13, 2008 18:42:41 GMT -5
....HAVE A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.
Black teen STD rate needs our attention - Opinion - USATODAY.com
The latest study, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that an alarming 48% of African-American girls ages 14-19 have a sexually transmitted disease, compared with 20% of young white and Mexican-American females. The CDC analyzed data on 838 female adolescents who participated in the 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The researchers found that black teens had far greater rates of common STDs, including human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus and trichomoniasis.
In 2006, the rate of chlamydia cases among black women was more than seven times that of white women; the gonorrhea rate among African-American women was 18 times greater than for whites; and the rate of syphilis cases in black women was 16 times higher than in white women.
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Post by Deep Chocolate in Deep South on Jul 13, 2008 21:43:12 GMT -5
Dayum.....
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Post by T-SMOOVE on Jul 15, 2008 11:05:24 GMT -5
WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH BETTER. THIS ISH IS RIDICULOUS!!!!
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mouse
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Post by mouse on Aug 31, 2008 11:09:49 GMT -5
WOW THIS GOES BACK TO TALKING TO OUR CHILDREN ABOUT SEX AND WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. LETS BE HONEST WE ARE ALL GROWN FOLK AND WE WERE CHILDREN ONCE AND THINGS THAT WE DID KNOW ABOUT ABOUT WE DID NOT TRY AND OTHER THINGS THAT RAISED OUR CURIOSITY ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE SNEAKING TO DO OR TRY. MOST OF THESE TEENAGE GIRLS ARE TOO AFRAID TO TALK TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT SEX OR THEIR SEXUALITY AND ALLOW THEIR PEERS TO TALK AND OR THINK FOR THEM (PEER PRESSURE) AND THAT IS WHY MOST OF THEM HAVE IRREGULAR DISCHARGES OR ABNORMAL BLEEDING OR OTHER ABNORMAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF THINGS AND ARE TOO AFRAID TO TALK TO SOME ONE AND END UP HURTING THEMSELVES IN THE LONG RUN. THAT IS WHY THE % IS SO HIGH BECAUSE WE AS BLACK PEOPLE ARE CARELESS AND AFRAID AND DO NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR LIKE WE SHOULD AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS OR ITS TOO LATE WE NOW GET STUCK WITH THINGS LIKE A BACTERIAL INFECTION PRODUCING CANCEROUS CELLS IN THE BODY. SO NOW THESE TEENS ARE WALKING AROUND WITH A LIFE LONG PROBLEM ALL FOR A SIMPLE MOMENT OF PLEASURE WITH SOME ONE WHO DID NOT KNOW TOO MUCH MORE THEMSELVES. I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN CATCH SOMETHING FROM A PUBLIC BATHROOM OR AN UNCIRCUMCISED PENIS. SO TRUST ME THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE. SOME OF OUR CHILDREN DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO FULLY WASH THEIR BODIES CORECTLY......... AND THESE ARE TEENAGERS.
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Post by Wicked on Sept 13, 2008 14:06:53 GMT -5
I have to exalt that response. Well put mouse!
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