Psychology 2075 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 (midterm 3)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Jacob Fisher

Document Summary

Reducing the risk: understanding and promoting sexual and reproductive health (with special focus on sti) I have a condom in my wallet, backpack, or purse right now. If you and your partner have never had any other sexual partner, you probably don"t have to use a condom. If you and your partner have had any other sexual partner, you should. The challenge: sexual freedom and reproductive health risk. The challenge is one that plays out at the junction of our biological behavior. We live in a world where we"re reminded frequently of sexual freedom and reproductive health risk. When we want to know what sti risk is composed of: pathogen prevalence (how much of a bug is out there) multiplied by our sexual risk behavior. Sex can lead to pleasure, babies, and infections (bacterial chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis; and viral hsv, hpv, Sti don"t present obvious or evident symptoms of disease. Broadly speaking there are 2 classes of sti 1.