This guide reviews common sexually transmitted diseases in depth, providing epidemiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, long-term sequelae, disease transmission, diagnosis, and recommended treatment. It focuses on nursing-specific interventions that include understanding a sensitive and appropriate patient history, interpreting a holistic consideration of patient lifestyle, and linking population-specific patient education and counseling.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
The Facts about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Ubiquitous and insidious, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are responsible for much morbidity and mortality across the globe.
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This is the first book to provide practical and accessible guidance for frontline nurses in the delivery of effective, compassionate care to patients with STIs.
The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care.
The WHO global health sector strategy on sexually transmitted infections, 2016–2021, endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2016, aims to eliminate STIs as a public health threat by 2030.
The committee reviewed the current state of STIs in the United States, and the resulting report, Sexually Transmitted Infections: Advancing a Sexual Health Paradigm, provides advice on future public health programs, policy, and research.
The book identifies the components of an effective national STD prevention and control strategy and provides direction for an appropriate response to the epidemic.
Chlamydial infections also increase a person’s susceptibility to HIV and other STDs.Featuring contributions by internationally recognized experts in epidemiology, infectious disease research and chlamydial biology, this book provides up ...