Project Title
Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections Decreasing with the use of Contraceptives
Faculty Mentor(s) Name(s)
Johnny Moore
Abstract
Background: The rates of college students that are diagnosed with an STI consistently rising. There are many ways to conduct an STI, however within college students the most common risk factor is having sex with multiple partners and unprotected sex. Over 90% of students had previous general knowledge about STI’s but less than 50% knew about the different use of contraceptives that were able to protect them from getting the disease. Using contraceptives and increasing access will allow the rates of STI’s to decrease among the college students. Purpose: To examine studies that use the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to examine the use of contraceptives to determine best evidence-based practices and recommendations for future studies. Methods: Articles and data were obtained using Galileo and CDC. A logic model was used to align theory to practice. Keywords include: STI, STD, TTM, college students, campus, contraceptives, decrease, theory, literature. Results: The literature that the TTM is useful in addressing STI’s among college students. The constructs of the TTM were found to be the most influential include self-efficacy decisional balance. The processes of change that were found to be most influential include environmental reevaluation and self-liberation. Implications: Environmental reevaluation is one of the processes of change that allow the student to analyze the environment and protect themselves from a situation. If the environment contains barriers that are perpetuating against safe sex the rates of the STI’s will continue to rise, however with proper education students can protect themselves. Self-liberation will allow the college students to commit to change and better themselves against STI’s. With the TTM, it is important we implement these changes to decrease the rates of STI’s and make students more aware of the contraceptives that can help protect them from the disease.
Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections Decreasing with the use of Contraceptives
Background: The rates of college students that are diagnosed with an STI consistently rising. There are many ways to conduct an STI, however within college students the most common risk factor is having sex with multiple partners and unprotected sex. Over 90% of students had previous general knowledge about STI’s but less than 50% knew about the different use of contraceptives that were able to protect them from getting the disease. Using contraceptives and increasing access will allow the rates of STI’s to decrease among the college students. Purpose: To examine studies that use the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to examine the use of contraceptives to determine best evidence-based practices and recommendations for future studies. Methods: Articles and data were obtained using Galileo and CDC. A logic model was used to align theory to practice. Keywords include: STI, STD, TTM, college students, campus, contraceptives, decrease, theory, literature. Results: The literature that the TTM is useful in addressing STI’s among college students. The constructs of the TTM were found to be the most influential include self-efficacy decisional balance. The processes of change that were found to be most influential include environmental reevaluation and self-liberation. Implications: Environmental reevaluation is one of the processes of change that allow the student to analyze the environment and protect themselves from a situation. If the environment contains barriers that are perpetuating against safe sex the rates of the STI’s will continue to rise, however with proper education students can protect themselves. Self-liberation will allow the college students to commit to change and better themselves against STI’s. With the TTM, it is important we implement these changes to decrease the rates of STI’s and make students more aware of the contraceptives that can help protect them from the disease.