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Facilitating Maternal and Fetal Health: The Broader Policy Implications of 'Safe Sex

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 3, no. 4 (1988): 42-46
Paul R. Abramson and Eldridge H. Pearsall

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a more inclusive public policy strategy for advocating safe sex. The present study examines data on a sexually transmitted disease (Chlamydia trachomatous infection) that is of immediate relevance to the broader populations, especially within the context of maternal and fetal health. Studying a cohort of 911 pregnant Hispanic women at two prenatal health clinics, we discovered a mean incidence of maternal Chlamydia trachomatous infection of 9.3 percent. The significance of this finding (and the rapid proliferation of other sexually transmitted diseases) is discussed in relation to the broader public policy implications for safe sex educational efforts.
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