Starting Young: Sexual Initiation and HIV Prevention in Early Adolescence
| Autor: | Ruth Dixon-Mueller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Social Psychology Sexual Behavior Early adolescence Population Developing country HIV Infections Social issues Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic Sex Factors Humans Medicine education education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health psychology Infectious Diseases Sexual abuse Africa Female business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 13:100-109 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-008-9376-2 |
| Popis: | The rising numbers of new HIV infections among young people ages 15-24 in many developing countries, especially among young women, signal an urgent need to identify and respond programmatically to behaviors and situations that contribute to the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in early adolescence. Quantitative and qualitative studies of the sexual knowledge and practices of adolescents age 14 and younger reveal that substantial numbers of boys and girls in many countries engage in unprotected heterosexual vaginal intercourse--by choice or coercion--before their 15th birthdays. Early initiation into male-male or male-female oral and/or anal sex is also documented in some populations. Educational, health, and social programs must reach 10-14-year-olds as well as older adolescents with the information, skills, services, and supplies (condoms, contraceptives) they need to negotiate their own protection from unwanted and/or unsafe sexual practices and to respect the rights of others. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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