INTRODUCTION In the United States.

INTRODUCTION

In the United States, 1 in 8 teenagers contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) each year (3 million by year) and approximately one-fifth of all clan with AIDS are in their 20s--most of whom were infected as teenagers (Center for Disease direction (CDC), 2000). Although teenage pregnancy rates in the United States may be declining, the U rates remain the highest among industrialized nations; each year, about 1 million teenage women become pregnant (85% unintended; The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1999) The social, economic, and health dependence of cause and effects of teenage pregnancy and STD are of great matter in the United States