TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
T2 - Responses to a Sexist Problem
AU - Curtiss, Christina Risley
AU - Weinbach, Robert W.
PY - 1989/12
Y1 - 1989/12
N2 - The AIDS crisis has diverted the professionals’ and the public's attention from other sexually transmitted diseases. These diseases are biologically sexist in that they have the greatest impact on women and, if the women are pregnant, on their babies. This article discusses the incidence and conse quences of five of the most common sexually transmitted diseases—syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, and pelvic inflammatory disease—and presents specific recommendations for social work intervention related to both prevention and treatment.
AB - The AIDS crisis has diverted the professionals’ and the public's attention from other sexually transmitted diseases. These diseases are biologically sexist in that they have the greatest impact on women and, if the women are pregnant, on their babies. This article discusses the incidence and conse quences of five of the most common sexually transmitted diseases—syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, and pelvic inflammatory disease—and presents specific recommendations for social work intervention related to both prevention and treatment.
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U2 - 10.1177/088610998900400405
DO - 10.1177/088610998900400405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84952560025
VL - 4
SP - 68
EP - 80
JO - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
JF - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
SN - 0886-1099
IS - 4
ER -
