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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Risk Assessment

 

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) spread from one person to another through sexual contact. Some STDs can also be spread through contact with infected blood. For example, many STDs are spread by using dirty needles to inject drugs or get a piercing or tattoo. STDs are very common. There are about 19 million new infections each year.

To see if you are at risk of getting an STD, including HIV, answer the questions in this risk assessment. Remember, only your health care provider can tell you if you have an STD. This risk assessment can only help you see if you have behaviors that put you at higher risk of getting an STD. Talk to your health care provider about the results of your risk assessment and any questions you have about STDs.

Unless it is explained in the question, the word "sex" refers to vaginal, anal, and oral sex.

In this risk assessment, "unprotected" sex means having sex without condom, dental dam, or other barrier method. Birth control pills, patch, ring, intrauterine device (IUD), or Depo-Provera shot protect against pregnancy but not STDs.

  1. Are you less than 25 years old?

    Yes No

  2. Do you use condoms every time you have vaginal and anal sex?

    Yes No

  3. Do you use condoms, dental dams, or other barrier methods every time you have oral sex?

    Yes No

  4. Have you ever had unprotected vaginal sex?

    Yes No

  5. Have you ever had unprotected anal sex?

    Yes No

  6. Have you ever performed unprotected oral sex on a man?

    Yes No

  7. Have you ever performed unprotected oral sex on a woman?

    Yes No

  8. Have you ever had unprotected oral/anal (mouth to anus) contact?

    Yes No

  9. Have you ever had unprotected sex with someone whose STD status you did not know?

    Yes No

  10. Have you ever had a sexual partner who had casual or multiple sexual partners?

    Yes No

  11. Have you had sex with more than one person in the last three months?

    Yes No

  12. Have you had sex with a new partner in the last three months?

    Yes No

  13. Have you ever given or received sex for money, drugs, services, gifts, or shelter?

    Yes No

  14. Have you ever had sex while drunk or high?

    Yes No

  15. Have you ever had sex with a partner that uses IV drugs?

    Yes No

  16. Have you ever used IV drugs?

    Yes No

  17. Have you ever had a tattoo or body piercing done outside of a professional parlor or shop?

    Yes No

  18. Have you ever, even once, shared or reused a needle used by someone else?

    Yes No

  19. Has a health care provider ever told you that you had a sexually transmitted disease?

    Yes No

  20. Did you receive a blood transfusion or other blood product before 1985?

    Yes No