Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canadian Street Youth: Findings From Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth, 1999-2003
Description:
Street youth endure considerable hardship, including the uncertainty and danger of life on the streets. They exist in an economically and socially marginalized position because of their age, homeless status and lack of education and job skills. Street youth may be more preoccupied with meeting their basic daily needs than with health risks. Their lifestyle may also predispose them to engage in high-risk behaviours such as unprotected sex, sex with high-risk partners and sex with multiple partners - behaviours that increase their risk of contracting and transmitting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood-borne infections. This report is based on Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth (E-SYS), a multi-centre sentinel surveillance system that monitors rates of STIs and blood-borne pathogens, behaviours and risk determinants in Canada's street youth population. Key findings from 1999, 2001 and 2003 are presented below. (abstract from the document)
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
Location:
Ottawa; Ontario; Canada