1992
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/7.1.45
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Young people, HIV/AIDS and the promotion of sexual health

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“…36 By mid 1991, 14 666 people had been diagnosed as HIV-antibody-positive in the UK, of whom a quarter were under the age of 25. 37 Among sexually active women, adolescents have the highest rates of gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia infection, and adolescents who engage in sexual intercourse at younger ages are more likely to have multiple partners in their adolescent years thus increasing their chance of infection. 36 Goodman 38 looked at the use of a confidential HIV testing service in a US primary care setting for adolescent girls engaging in risky behaviour; 41% of those that were counselled obtained testing.…”
Section: Teenage Risk Behaviourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…36 By mid 1991, 14 666 people had been diagnosed as HIV-antibody-positive in the UK, of whom a quarter were under the age of 25. 37 Among sexually active women, adolescents have the highest rates of gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia infection, and adolescents who engage in sexual intercourse at younger ages are more likely to have multiple partners in their adolescent years thus increasing their chance of infection. 36 Goodman 38 looked at the use of a confidential HIV testing service in a US primary care setting for adolescent girls engaging in risky behaviour; 41% of those that were counselled obtained testing.…”
Section: Teenage Risk Behaviourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two studies from the IUHPE review34 showed convincing changes in knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, self efficacy, and self reported changes in risky sexual practices in black and Hispanic students 3536 …”
Section: Health Education Success: a Selective Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In practical terms, high rates of teenage pregnancies and abortions Gones et al, 1989;Estaugh and Wheatley, 1990;Pillaye 1992;Central Statistical Office 1993) have resulted in family planning projects being established specifically for young people in some locations (Allen, 1991). Young people have also been represented as being at particular risk of contracting HIV (Aggleton and Kapila 1992) and have been a focus for considerable HIV I AIDS research and prevention work. The desirability and advantages of integrating such work with other sexual health promotion activities have been pointed out (Wellings, 1992).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%