Sex and violence

doi:10.1136/bmj.39174.288877.3B

BMJ 2007;334 (7 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39174.288877.3B

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Sex and violence

Jane Smith, deputy editor

jsmith@bmj.com

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Sexually transmitted infections are tricky: prevention is alwaysgoing to be difficult, especially if it involves changing behaviour,but the case of human papillomavirus suggests that preventivemethods can be controversial even when they don't demand behaviourchanges. Rebecca Coombes explains why a new vaccine againsthuman papillomavirus that is designed to prevent cervical canceris causing controversy in the US (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39164.510127.AD).The vaccine is given to preteen girls and is expensive. Somethink that a mandatory universal vaccination programme underminesparental responsibility and promotes underage sex; it doesn'thelp that the manufacturer has been heavily promoting the vaccine.

If preventing an infection isn't easy, the next best thing isto identify cases and treat them. Identification is difficultwhen an infection is initially asymptomatic, so when evidencefrom Sweden showed that screening could control transmissionof chlamydial infection and reduce morbidity of the female reproductivetract several . . . [Full text of this article]

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