Florida Lands at 31 in Sexual Health Rankings
A new study attempts to rank the sexual health of every state in the nation and Washington, D.C, while gauging how social issues and state law affect sexual health.
Florida’s spot in a study that ranks the sexual health of every state in the nation and Washington, D.C., didn’t come as a shock to Eric Buhi, a researcher at the University of South Florida. Florida’s overall score placed it in the 31st spot, in the lower half of the rankings. “I’m not surprised where Florida ranked,” said Buhi, associate professor of public health at USF. “I would have thought we would have ranked lower.” Sexual Health Rankings is the newly released study that bills itself as the first state-by-state comparison and comprehensive measure of sexual health in the U.S. Martin Downs, a New Hampshire-based public health consultant, created it under the name of his firm, Variance, LLC. It was the result of a partnership …
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9:11 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Am more surprised at a few of the ones that ranked fairly high (Iowa?) than at the ones ranked lowest. The lower the ranking, I'd bet the lesser the interest in doing anything to improve things in a progressive way. Interesting study! more ›