Adolescence and youth are such a time of preparation, a time of exploration and widening horizons, a time for the young to move ahead and meet the challenges of the future. [...] The body develops in size and reproductive capacity and becomes more sexually defined; the mind becomes more capable of abstract thinking, foresight, and internal control and acquires a greater awareness of the environment; and the close begin to give way to more intense relationships with peers and adults outside the family as new challenges are met and new responsibilities assumed. [...] In many societies the conditions in which the young person lives have changed radically from those of his parents because of the mass media, migration, urbanization, a diminution of the extended family and changes in the standard of living. [...] Employment is often a significant indicator of the acquisition of adult roles and responsibilities, and the first experiences are crucial to the development of the habit of work. [...] Three of the major obstacles to the control of these diseases among adolescents are the ignorance of young people of the symptoms of STDs, the asymptomatic nature of some STDs, particularly in women, and the reluctance of young people to present for help because they expect to be met with anger and hostility.
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