Sexually transmitted infections STIs are infectious diseases spread through sexual contact. The best way to prevent your teen from contracting an STI is to advise them to not have any type of sexual contact with another person. But if they decide to be sexually active, or are currently sexually active, there are several safety measures to follow. These are advised by experts to help reduce your teen's risk of getting an STI. They include:.

The increase is especially pronounced in adolescents 15—24 years of age. Despite making up only a quarter of the population, adolescents account for approximately half of new STIs in the United States every year. This review summarizes recent developments in the field of STIs, excluding human immunodeficiency virus, in adolescents. In this paper, we examine the epidemiology, screening, management, and prevention of STIs in adolescents. STI rates in adolescents have been rising since , with young women and men who have sex with men at particularly high risk.

While sexually transmitted diseases STDs affect individuals of all ages, STDs take a particularly heavy toll on young people. CDC estimates that youth ages make up just over one quarter of the sexually active population, but account for half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections that occur in the United States each year. The resources on this page provide information about the impact of STDs on youth as well as resources for reaching this population.