Identify six risk factors that put young people at risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections.

Various factors put young people at risk of STIs, including the following:
 A sexual partner who has an STI
 A history of STIs
 Feelings of invulnerability, which lead to risk-taking behavior
 Multiple partners or a partner who has had more than one sexual partner
 Meeting sex partners through the Internet (Individuals who find sex partners online are more likely to report unprotected sex, higher rates of drug use in the past 12 months, more sexual partners, and failure to discuss sexual histories.)
 Failure to use condoms
 Substance abuse. (Individuals who drink or use drugs are more likely to engage in sexually
risky behaviors, including sex with partners whose health status and history they do not know, and unprotected intercourse.)
 Failure of infected individuals to notify a partner about need to seek treatment
 Use of injection drugs or a sexual partner who uses them