Lesson 1024 of 1524
Commonly Occurring Reproductive and Genitourinary System Infections
There is still a stigma surrounding STIs.
Practice this chapterThere is still a stigma surrounding STIs. STIs are a health problem in the United States and the world.
Patient education is an important part of prevention. Patients need to be educated about how to prevent STIs as well as how to recognize them and when to report symptoms.
stigma — negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against a group of people. whiff test — test on vaginal sample in which a few drops of potassium hydroxide (KOH) are mixed with the sample; the KOH kills bacteria and leaves only yeast behind, revealing if there is a…. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — enveloped retrovirus that is encapsulated by two single-stranded RNAs and can be the cause of AIDS. herpes simplex virus (HSV) — virus that causes herpes and is not curable.
Worked example
What does “stigma” mean in Commonly Occurring Reproductive and Genitourinary System Infections?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for stigma.
- 2The book says: negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against a group of people.
- 3Do not use the meaning of whiff test. That term means test on vaginal sample in which a few drops of potassium hydroxide (KOH) are mixed with the sample; the KOH kills bacteria and leaves only yeast behind, revealing if there is a….
Result: negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against a group of people
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for stigma.
Do not swap stigma and whiff test. stigma means negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against a group of people. whiff test means test on vaginal sample in which a few drops of potassium hydroxide (KOH) are mixed with the sample; the KOH kills bacteria and leaves only yeast behind, revealing if there is a….
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