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STD Quiz

1. _ out _ sexually active young women has had genital Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

A. 1 out of 30

B. 1 out of 15

C. 1 out of 7

D. 1 out of 2

2. T/F : The younger a person is when they start having sex, the greater the chance of getting a STD.²

3. T/F : You can get a STD if you have oral sex.³

4.  _ out of _ teens who have sex wish they had waited.⁴

A. 1 out of 4

B. 2 out of 3

C. 1 out of 3

D. 1 out of 2

5. At least 20 million people nationwide are infected with HPV.⁵

A disturbing fact is that more than _ % of cases of cervical cancer are linked with HPV.⁶

A. 30%

B. 60%

C. 95%

D.99%

How did you do? Comment and let us know how well you did!

Answers:

1.D

2.True

3.True

4. B

5. D

We did this quiz with 300 young people at the Johnson County Fair 2010.

27% got #1 right

37% got #2 right

81% got #3 right

51% got #4 correct

and 27% got #5 right

¹Center for Young Women’s Health. Accessed 8/14/09

²Children’s Hospital Boston. Accessed 8/14/09

³Centers for disease Control. December 2007.

⁴The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. 2007

⁵US Department of Health and Human Services. January 2009

⁶American Cancer Society. June 2009

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