The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7478 p552
17 November 2007

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Sexual health advice

Community pharmacists can help young people understand the risks to their health from having sex with new partners abroad, the fpa has said in response to research published last week.

The study (published online in Sexually Transmitted Infections, 8 November 2007) revealed that 23 per cent of men and 17 per cent of women aged 16–24 years have had a new sexual partner while overseas in the past five years.