Any data on % of students who get tested for STIs?

Bottle_of_Smoke

Hi

I want to write an article for my Uni's student magazine on STIs with an emphasis on urging people to get tested for STIs.

So I want to get statistics on students in Britain and Ireland who are sexually active and how many of those who get check ups.

Cheers

Sid_Justice

I have a submission into the HRB to do such an investigation.

I can tell you

"Between 2003 and 2004, the majority (average=69.5%) of all C. trachomatis (chlamydia) notifications were among 20-29 year olds", http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/HepatitisHIVAIDSandSTIs/SexuallyTransmittedInfections/Publications/File,1439,en.pdf

I've done a few surveys (like completed them on monkeysurvey etc.) on STI from different colleges over the year, never seen the results. would be interested to here.

Sid_Justice

also worth reading

http://www.esri.ie/UserFiles/publications/20061016131112/BKMNEXT084_Main%20Report.pdf

bythewoods

Here's another fun one to read, although not even a little bit what you asked for..

"Social stigma and negative consequences: factors that influence college students' decisions to seek testing for sexually transmitted infections."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11910948

Tree

www.hpsc.ie publish notifiable disease reports, some of them have age stats linked, might not be exactly what you want but might be an interesting start point.