Abstract
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are a public health problem worldwide, each year about 340 million people, aged between 15 and 49, who contract an STDs (WHO). The Research Unit psycho-socio-behavioral, Communication, Training – U.O. RCF (Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitic and Immunomediated – National Institute of Health in Italy ) initiated in 2010 under a project funded by the Ministry of Health, a specific STDs prevention activities through the intervention of telephone counseling. This action is already used by researchers at the U.O. RCF since 1987 for the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS.
Highlights
Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are a public health problem worldwide, each year about 340 million people, aged between 15 and 49, who contract an STDs (WHO)
The value added of telephone counseling for STDs is to provide the personuser cognitive tools, to help you avoid risky behavior and enable empowerment processes aimed at protecting the health of the individual and his community
The greatest number of calls coming from the North Italy (46%), followed by the Centre (30%), South (18%) and the Islands (6%)
Summary
Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are a public health problem worldwide, each year about 340 million people, aged between 15 and 49, who contract an STDs (WHO). This action is already used by researchers at the U.O. RCF since 1987 for the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS
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