STI epidemiology in the global older population: emerging challenges

Title
STI epidemiology in the global older population: emerging challenges
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Minichiello, Victor
Rahman, Saifur
Hawkes, Gail
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9073-5777
Email: ghawkes@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ghawkes
Pitts, Marian
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1177/1757913912445688
UNE publication id
une:11962
Abstract
This paper reviews the evidence concerning the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with a particular focus on older people. Evidence from North America, Australia, China and Korea clearly shows increasing rates of many STIs in the population group aged 50 years and older. Similar changes are identified in three studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a significant lack of detailed epidemiological data from Asia-Pacific and many African countries. There is also a lack of health education and health programmes directed towards older people. It is likely that sexual ageism is the dynamic that underpins this lack of focus and resources for older people.
Link
Citation
Perspectives in Public Health, 132(4), p. 178-181
ISSN
1757-9147
1757-9139
Start page
178
End page
181

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