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    No Protection: Untested and Undiagnosed Genital Herpes in America

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    Ferris, Elizabeth
    Advisor
    Catilina, Eliane
    ORCID
    0000-0002-1756-2515
    Abstract
    The majority of people who have genital herpes do not know it. This sexually transmitted disease can spread asymptomatically, and condoms do not fully protect against it. Despite this, current health policy recommends against genital herpes screening. Part of the justification for this policy stems from a lack of evidence that people’s sexual behavior would change if they knew they had genital herpes. This study examines the relationship between the likelihood of safe sex practices among people living with genital herpes, some of whom know they have it, and some of whom do not. I use National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey health surveillance data and questionnaires to measure the association between people’s awareness of being infected with genital herpes and their condom use or abstinence. I find that no evidence that genital herpes diagnosis is associated with greater probable condom use or sexual abstention. My findings suggest the need for targeted further study.
    Description
    M.P.P.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1062674
    Date Published
    2021
    Subject
    CDC; condom; genital herpes; STD; STD test; Public policy; Public health; Public policy; Public health;
    Type
    thesis
    Embargo Lift Date
    2023-09-23
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    73 leaves
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    • Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Public Policy
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