NEIGHBORHOOD POVERTY INCREASES STI RISK.

The article focuses on the link between living in poverty as an adolescent and contracting chlamydia in young adulthood. It cites the research published in "The Journal of Urban Health" which showed that teenagers in poor neighborhoods have a 25 percent greater risk of having chlamydia in their early 20s compared with their wealthier peers. It notes that around 2.86 million chlamydia infections occur annually in the U.S. The role of interventions to address sexual risk behaviors is discussed.