This pamphlet details how sexually transmitted infections affect young people and emphasizes effective prevention, including abstinence and prophylactic use.
It warns that some STDs produce no symptoms but remain infectious to sexual partners, that condoms are not effective against all venereal infections, that some STDs can be transmitted through sexual contact short of actual intercourse, and that abstaining from sexual activity or restricting sex to a single, monogamous relationship is the surest defense against infection.
It reviews the symptoms and health effects of the principal STDs, and refers those seeking further information to In the Know Zone, Fox Pro Media's STD information Web site, and to the national STD hotline.
