{"id":1369,"date":"2013-04-25T17:19:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:55:08","slug":"women-know-more-about-beauty-than-sexual-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/women-know-more-about-beauty-than-sexual-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Women know more about beauty than sexual health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A recent survey by Balance Activ found that British women knew more about beauty treatments than sexual health.\u00a0 67% people knew what a bikini wax was, but only 39% had heard of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) which can lead to infertility and an increased chance of catching other STIs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7726\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/worried-woman-1-1-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So here are some questions to see how much you know: (answers to follow on Monday)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>What is the most common STI in the UK?<\/li><li>How long after you have had sex do you have to wait before testing for HIV?<\/li><li>How many people in the UK are thought to be HIV positive?<\/li><li>Which STIs can you be vaccinated against?<\/li><li>Why is Gonorrhoea becoming harder to treat?<\/li><li>What sample do you need to test for Syphilis?<\/li><li>Which STI is known as &#8220;The Clap&#8221;?<\/li><li>How long does it take to get herpes results when you do not have any symptoms?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried about your sexual health, then contact Better2Know to arrange your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/page\/std-sti-testing\">confidential STD test<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey by Balance Activ found that British women knew more about beauty treatments than sexual health.\u00a0 67% people knew what a bikini wax was, but only 39% had heard of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) which can lead to infertility and an increased chance of catching other STIs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[20,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[568,678,655,570,563,571,752,706,597],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7879,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/7879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}