scholarly journals A novel school-based strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs), and teen pregnancies

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Torres ◽  
Dilys M. Walker ◽  
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez ◽  
Stefano M. Bertozzi
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Arif Widodo ◽  
Retno Woro Kaeksi

The data from Board of Health in Surakarta City, on 8 September 2005, from 155 commercial sex worker woman had blood examined, there were 7 persons positive in HIV. One of factor affecting the high infection HIV/AIDS in women commercial sex worker was low use of condom. Aims of this research was to know factor-factor associated with didn’t use of condom and social aspect negotiations about using condom (education, economics status, working experience, devilling place, occupation, ethnic, religious, and income). This research is qualitative research using guided group discussion technique, in-depth interview, and participatory observation. Subject for this research were 30 persons, consist of 25 commercial sex worker, 3 guest, 1 room owner, and 1 parent. Independent variables in this research are social economics characteristic, demography and community characteristics. Dependent variables as PPSK capability in condom using negotiating to prevent sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS. Commonly, despite knowing that everyone, including themselves, is vulnerable to AIDS infection, the respondents ignore asking the guest/partners for condom use. Most of them don’t ask for condom use due to their fear of either being the target of the guest anger and bad words, or losing money from them. Women commercial sex worker Silir in using condom and prevent sexual transmitted disease had free education from Board of Health in Surakarta City. In the street prostitutes are low support from peer, room owner, hotel owner, or guest about using condom for women commercial sex worker in illegal place, caused women commercial sex worker in the street more potential and high risk to spread sexual transmitted diseases than they were operated in Silir. The low capability of the street prostitutes for negotiating condom use with the guest customers results from: misperception on "safe-sex" behavior for seeking "help", economic and psychology pressure, free and uncontrolled companion relationship unavailability of condom in the room. This research result serve as an assessment study of the need which will be developed into a comprehensive promotion strategy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-170
Author(s):  
Urmila Sunuwar

Adolescent sexuality leads to adolescent pregnancy, unsafe abortion, reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.The study objective is to assess the knowledge and attitude towards sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDs among secondary level school students of Kathmandu metropolitan city. Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted by using self-administered questionnaires. The study population was school adolescent students. They were selected by using random sampling method. After data collection, descriptive statistics were used to analyse the collected data. Knowledge and attitude towards sexual transmitted disease is significantly varied with student’s background characteristics. Around 95% of study population had heard about sexually transmitted disease and almost 99% heard about HIV/AIDS. Majority 85.6% of students reported that they “agreed” that HIV/AIDS is a major problem in Nepal however 14.4% students were not agreed on it. 73% respondents reported that teachers are the main source of knowledge regarding sexual transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS.It is clear that students need a specific package of education about sexual and reproductive health in school curriculum so that they could gain more information about sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS.


Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. S1-S2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Schwartz Benzaken ◽  
Maria Cristina Pimenta Oliveira ◽  
Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira ◽  
Silvana Pereira Giozza ◽  
Flavia Moreno Alves de Souza ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. S18-S27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicia M. T. Lewis ◽  
Patricia Dittus ◽  
Melinda E. Salmon ◽  
M. Jacques Nsuami

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