Download or read book The Adolescent s Decision to Use a Condom for the Prevention of HIV AIDSs and Other STDs written by Rebecca Lovell Scott and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hidden Epidemic written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-03-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has the dubious distinction of leading the industrialized world in overall rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), with 12 million new cases annually. About 3 million teenagers contract an STD each year, and many will have long-term health problems as a result. Women and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to these diseases and their health consequences. In addition, STDs increase the risk of HIV transmission. The Hidden Epidemic examines the scope of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provides a critical assessment of the nation's response to this public health crisis. The book identifies the components of an effective national STD prevention and control strategy and provides direction for an appropriate response to the epidemic. Recommendations for improving public awareness and education, reaching women and adolescents, integrating public health programs, training health care professionals, modifying messages from the mass media, and supporting future research are included. The book documents the epidemiological dimensions and the economic and social costs of STDs, describing them as "a secret epidemic" with tremendous consequences. The committee frankly discusses the confusing and often hypocritical nature of how Americans deal with issues regarding sexualityâ€"the conflicting messages conveyed in the mass media, the reluctance to promote condom use, the controversy over sex education for teenagers, and the issue of personal blame. The Hidden Epidemic identifies key elements of effective, culturally appropriate programs to promote healthy behavior by adolescents and adults. It examines the problem of fragmentation in STD services and provides examples of communities that have formed partnerships between stakeholders to develop integrated approaches. The committee's recommendations provide a practical foundation on which to build an integrated national program to help young people and adults develop habits of healthy sexuality. The Hidden Epidemic was written for both health care professionals and people without a medical background and will be indispensable to anyone concerned about preventing and controlling STDs.
Download or read book AIDS and Adolescents written by Lorraine Sherr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides insight into a wide range of adolescent issues. A series of contributions examines facts and fictions associated with adolescent risk, challenging some of the basic current notions underpinning approaches to the subject.
Download or read book Preventing HIV AIDS in Adolescents written by United States. National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sexually Transmitted Infections written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018, totaling nearly 68 million estimated infections. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences, including chronic pelvic pain, infertility, miscarriage or newborn death, and increased risk of HIV infection, genital and oral cancers, neurological and rheumatological effects. In light of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through the National Association of County and City Health Officials, commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to examine the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provide recommendations for action. In 1997, the Institute of Medicine released a report, The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Although significant scientific advances have been made since that time, many of the problems and barriers described in that report persist today; STIs remain an underfunded and comparatively neglected field of public health practice and research. The committee reviewed the current state of STIs in the United States, and the resulting report, Sexually Transmitted Infections: Advancing a Sexual Health Paradigm, provides advice on future public health programs, policy, and research.
Download or read book EveryBody written by Deborah Schoeberlein and published by R A D Educational Programs. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EveryBody is a curriculum that emphasizes prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among early adolescents. It fosters active learning and facilitates communication about HIV/STD prevention and promotes safer behaviors. EveryBody incorporates current research on adolescent development so it can meet students where they are. Its abstinence-based approach promotes risk elimination as the safest way to prevent HIV/STD infections, endorsing risk reduction as an important component of HIV/STD prevention strategies. Lessons and activities promote development, internalization, and use of prevention-related skills and knowledge, commitment to lifelong health, self-efficacy, hope for the future, and courage. EveryBody aims to prevent interconnected high-risk behaviors and encourage interconnected protective behaviors. The curriculum addresses relevant psychosocial issues such as the experience of fear and anger in the context of HIV/STD prevention. It examines anger as an uncomfortable emotion and guides students to see that such emotions do not necessitate self-destructive risk taking. Six chapters include: (1) "Developmental Issues"; (2) "Teaching EveryBody"; (3) "Recommended Sequences for EveryBody Activities"; (4) "Information about HIV and AIDS"; (5) "Information on STDs"; and (6) "Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs." Twenty-four activities are included. (SM)
Download or read book The Condom written by K. April and published by Quentin Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies on HIV infection prevention show that the assumption that condoms provide reliable protection against infection with HIV to be a dangerous illusion. The statements and conclusions in this book are all based on 48 medical studies, the references of which are given at the end of the book.
Download or read book Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa written by National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.
Download or read book Adolescent Health Background and the effectiveness of selected prevention and treatment services written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book STDs HIV written by William Lee Yarber and published by Amer Alliance for Health Physical. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenging the Behavioural Model written by Charlene Patricia Cook and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The optimal model to support adolescent sexual health is the concurrent use of hormonal birth control and condoms. This dual protection approach prioritizes protection against unplanned pregnancy as well as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In order to explore individual, interpersonal and structural factors that influence adolescent protection use, multivariate Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) analysis was completed with a national sample of adolescents (n=2320) from the 2002 Canadian Youth, Sexual Health, and HIV/AIDS Study. CHAID is a decision tree method which assesses interactions between significant independent variables to optimize prediction of the dependent variable (i.e. safer-sex protection method).The results indicate that structural factors, in concert with individual and interpersonal factors, play a vital role in understanding adolescent safer-sex practices. Policy and practice implications include revisions to sexual health curricula, sexual health service accessibility for all adolescents, and targeted prevention programming for adolescents at highest risk. Further research into the sexual health of male adolescents and the influence of structural factors on sexual health among diverse samples should be prioritized.Among adolescent females, the following factors were associated with dual protection use: high condom intentions; having lived with both biological parents; having accessed a medical professional or media as the primary source of HIV/AIDS information; having utilized a medical professional as the primary source of sexual health information; having never had unwanted sex; having not consumed alcohol and/or drugs before sex; frequent sexual activity; having identified a medical professional as the primary source of STD advice; having been tested for STDs; and having supported the importance of talking about condoms with a partner. Among adolescent males, dual protection was associated with: high condom intentions; frequent sexual activity; the belief that both partners are responsible for condom use; having been born in Canada; having noted uncertain or high levels of religiosity; having been older than 14 at first sexual intercourse; having been able to speak with their father about sex; having accessed a medical professional or media as the primary source of HIV/AIDS information; and having reported a peer group that did not use tobacco.
Download or read book Everybody written by Deborah Schoeberlein and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These developmentally appropriate, research-based curriculum modules go beyond just saying "no" to engage students in grades 5- 9 in 24 risky behavior prevention activities. Lessons specify content domain, recommended grade level and lesson sequence, science/ education standards to which they are correlated, estimated time and materials, and include: guiding questions, directions, assessment measures, and lesson extensions. Chapters cover basic information on HIV/AIDS, other STDs, and substance abuse. Lacks an index and background information on the author. c. Book News Inc.
Download or read book Teenagers HIV and AIDS written by Maureen E. Lyon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who will want me now? It's a heart-wrenching question for teenagers infected with HIV. The number of HIV/AIDS-infected teenagers in the United States is increasing. Nearly 35,000 U.S. teenagers now have AIDS. Far more have been diagnosed with HIV, and an undetermined number have the virus and do not yet know. Each year, some 1,700 young people aged 13 to 24 are diagnosed with the ravaging end result of this infection: AIDS. In this volume, experts who work with HIV/AIDS-infected teenagers examine the psychological and social fallout compounding the frightening medical issues faced by adolescents who've received the diagnosis. Readers share the challenge with teens as they face the stigma of HIV/AIDS and the tough decisions about who to tell of their infection and when to do it. We learn the hard truth about health care, self care, and new treatment options for affected teens. And we read about the heartbreaking end-of-life care issues for dying adolescents. Perhaps most important, the authors offer resources teens and their families can turn to for information and support. And they explain what family, friends, teachers, and other professionals can do to help infected teens maximize their mental health and their quality of life.
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 6 written by King K. Holmes and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.
Download or read book Culture and the Condom written by Karen Anijar and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade of the twentieth century, the «safe sex» message - advocating the use of condoms to prevent pregnancy and curb the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases - has endured relentless attacks by conservative religious groups who seek to instill doubt and promote an abstinence-only theme in American public schools. The essays in this book provide a stimulating historical and cultural inquiry into the multiplicity of meanings attributed to one prophylactic: the condom. Given the vast array of sexual attitudes toward condom usage within American culture and around the world, Culture and the Condom will provoke readers into examining significant dominant discourses and alternative perspectives by viewing condoms through the lens of cinematic and television imagery, artistic representations, statistical analyses, commercial advertising, and animation.
Download or read book Object Matters written by Nicole Vitellone and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the mid 1980s the object of the condom became associated with the prevention of HIV/AIDS. In this book Nicole Vitellone investigates the consequences of this shift in the objects meaning. Focusing on the US, British and Australian contexts Object matters addresses the impact of the discourse of safer sex on our lives and in particular the lives of adolescents. Addressing AIDS public health campaigns, sex education policies, sex research on adolescence and debates on the eroticization of safer sex, the author looks at how the condom has affected our awareness of ourselves, of one another.
Download or read book The Impact of Parental Involvement and Education on Adolescent High Risk Sexual Behavior written by Karla D. Morrow and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-risk sexual behaviors in the adolescent population greatly increase their risk of obtaining a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Centers for Disease Control (2002) estimate that there are currently 20 million people in the world with HIV and 15 million people become infected with a STD every year. HIV is considered to be the seventh leading cause of death for children between 5 and 14 years of age and the sixth leading cause between 15 and 24 years of age (Rogers, 2000). A pretest-posttest research utilization project was completed to determine whether and educational experience would be effective in changing high-risk behaviors in the adolescent population. Fifty-three students from a high school health class and five parents participated in the intervention focusing on increased knowledge and improved communication skills between parents and adolescents regarding sexual decisions and prevention of STD's and HIV. The program was successful based upon a change in the decision to remain abstinent until marriage from 59% to 83% on the posttest. Communication was another area that demonstrated successful intervention; the parent as the main source of information about sex increased from 48% to 62%. Ninety-eight percent of the students recommended the program for future students. Success of the parent class was determined from qualitative remarks obtained, the change in preference from an abstinence only message for their adolescent to an abstinence and condom use message, and the participants feeling more prepared to talk to their adolescent about sex, STDs and HIV.
