Breunig Michelle
Michelle Breunig, DNP, DNP, APRN-C is a nationally certified family nurse practitioner. Her public health nursing practice includes neurology, intensive care, urgent care, occupational medicine, family practice, pediatric practice, and emergency department.
J Christ Nurs. 2017 Jul/Sep;34(3):E41-E48. doi: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000409.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect U.S. African American (AA) youth. In AA faith communities, cultural practices have contributed to increased STI rates because abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs do not teach the use of condoms or birth control for preventing STIs or pregnancy. Comprehensive sex education or abstinence-plus programs have been reported to increase STI knowledge and reduce risk-taking behaviors in adolescents and young adults. Evidence supports computerized education to increase STI knowledge and decrease risky sexual behaviors of AA churchgoing youth.
性传播感染（STIs）对美国非裔（AA）青年的影响尤为严重。在非裔宗教社区，文化习俗导致性传播感染率上升，因为仅强调婚前禁欲的教育项目并不教授使用避孕套或节育措施来预防性传播感染或怀孕。据报道，全面性教育或禁欲加其他内容的项目可增加青少年和年轻人对性传播感染的了解，并减少冒险行为。有证据支持通过计算机化教育来增加非裔常去教堂做礼拜青年对性传播感染的了解，并减少其危险性行为。
