title: [Adolescent sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases (STD). A preliminary study].
abstract: Great changes have occurred in the adolescent behaviour in the last twenty years; this has caused a great increase in the number of the transmitted by sexual intercourse diseases. These, along with the adolescent habits changing, have so widely spread among young people, that one third of the recorded case are actually referred to this group of age. So, a matter of great social interest, which would require a common effort by the adolescents' families, the teachers and by the adolescents themselves, to be faced in the most proper way, has arisen. But the greatest commitment is asked for to the specialized in infectious diseases pediatricians, who are called to state the best strategy to efficaciously fight adolescents' STD. Pediatricians' specific competence and experience can build up the major security to face the prevention and diagnostic matters and their therapy as well.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi, Azienda Meyer di Firenze, Italia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gigliotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvatore
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Concutelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cocchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: II comportamento sessuale dell'adolescente e le malattie sessualmente trasmesse (MST). Indagine preliminare.