...Teenage Sex Sexually active teenagers in America are significant problems for which we have done something. A question that rings in the minds of teenagers everywhere is when to have sex. Catholic teachings instruct us to wait until one is in a loving marriage to have sex. Not only is the church preaching abstinence, but now public schools are also teaching students about the advantages of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing, and important issue. Premarital sex is usually the cause of sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, and deep, emotions of regret. The Government had many programs to stop them from having sex in early age. The abstinence education is the effective in reducing sex. Abstinence education had a significant and long-term effect in reducing teen sexual activities. “The abstinence-only intervention reduced sexual initiation,” reports the study, which is featured in the most recent issue of the medical journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, published by the American Medical Association. The Government is spending $176.5 million on abstinence education. (http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/01/abstinence-education-effective-in-reducing-teen-sex-comprehensive-sex-ed-not/) Sexually transmitted diseases flourish in a society of premarital sex where teens have many sex partners. A direct result of this (many sex partners) is STD's becoming more abundant among the population. One reason for the plague of STD's is the misuse of...
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...Brown Teenage Sex Sexually active teenagers, in America, are a big problem we must look at. A question that comes to minds of teenagers everywhere is when to have sex. Our Catholic teachings, instruct us to wait until we are in love or married to have sex. Not only is the church preaching abstinence, but now public schools are also teaching students on the advantages of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing, and important issue. Premarital sex is usually the cause of sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, and deep, emotions of regret. STDS FLORISH Sexually transmitted diseases flourish in a society of premarital sex, where teens have many sex partners. A result of this is STD's becoming more abundant among the population. One reason for the plague of STD's is the misuse of contraceptives by teens. Many teens believe that condoms, or the pill prohibit the spread of herpes, AIDS, or other diseases, but they do not stop the spread, and no where do the products state that they do stop the spread of STDs. Three million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases among teens are reported each year. Many teens that believe nothing is wrong in committing premarital sex have intercourse with many different teens through the ages of 15 and 19, and increase the chance of spreading sexually transmitted diseases each time. With sexual intercourse becoming more popular to high school students, and its acceptance among the public, even more teens are having sex now, to the point...
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...Laurie Blake, Karen Gividen, Judy Kintner, Andrea Plati, Casey Thompson NURS 6030- 4 The Practice of Population-Based Care Walden University August 14, 2011 Drawing Conclusions about HIV Youth Intervention Programs Team E investigated the topic of young people in the United States who continue to be at risk for human immunosuppressive virus (HIV). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes young people as individuals ages 13-24 (CDC, 2008). The team focused on education and prevention interventions for fighting the spread of HIV in the youth population. The members of Team E researched intervention programs and conducted personal interviews to formulate recommendations for a director of a public health department regarding appropriate education programs and prevention interventions which could be implemented by the health department to fight the spread of HIV in youth. Intervention Programs to Educate Youth Several interventions will be included in the education plan for youth age 13-24. The plan will address the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the known correlation of early sexual activity and development of STDs with increased risk of contracting HIV (HAHSTA Annual Report, 2010). To reach the largest population of youth, we will partner with public and private middle schools, high schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, teen pregnancy clinics, and local churches and community groups involved with youth age 13 -24 years old (Maurer...
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...your attention the problems of sexually transmitted infections and diseases, and to persuade you that of the two solutions presented, comprehensive sexual education is more effective than abstinence only sexual...
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...estimated that approximately 30 million people worldwide are living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or AIDS (Perloff, 2001). AIDS is ranked in severity to The Black Death that devastated Europe in the 14th century, and everyday an estimated 16,000 people are infected with this terrible disease (Perloff, 2001). In terms of prevalence, The United State of America is home to 1.4 million (or 4% of the global population) people living with AIDS, versus Africa, which is home to 22.7 million (or 68% of the global population) living with AIDS. The total population estimated to be living with AIDS is 33 million people, and out of those 33 million, 2 million die each year (Aids and hiv, 2010). The only way to overcome this horrific disease is to spread awareness on how to protect yourself and prevent the transmission of spreading AIDS. The three sources I found pertaining to the AIDS epidemic in Africa were an article by Desmond Cohen, an official government website, aids.gov, and a print source titled Encyclopedia of medical anthropology: health and illness in the world's cultures. Desmond Cohen is a reliable source because he was the director of HIV and development program as well as now being the senior advisor on HIV and development. The website I used is an official government website and is managed by the U.S. department of health and human services. Lastly, the Encyclopedia of medical anthropology: health and illness in the world's cultures is new, published in 2004 as well...
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...(STDs) are a growing problem in our country today. According to estimations calculated by The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are over 19 million new STD infections every year. STDs are highly preventable with the use of prophylactics. When left untreated, STDs can cause a number of complications including reproductive health problems, fetal and perinatal problems, and cancer. Complications are seen more frequently in women than in men (insert healthy ppl ref). Economic, behavioral, and social factors play a role in the spread of STDs. Infection rates among African Americans and Hispanics are higher in comparison to Caucasians. Economic status is correlated to these increased rates. Those of low economic status are less likely to have access to healthcare and/or other preventable measures. Generally speaking Americans have a discomfort about discussing sex and this is one of the most pressing social factors that contribute to the spread of STDs (insert healthy ppl ref). Chlamydia is one of the most prevalent STDs. It is a bacterial infection transmitted through oral, anal and vaginal sexual interactions. It is most prevalent amongst younger adult’s ages 15-29, but the highest segment at risk is ages 15-19( hp2020 ref). Healthy People 2020 is an initiative managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It sets a 10 year agenda each decade aimed at improving overall health in Americans. In 2008, 7.4% of females ages 15-19 who were seen at family planning...
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...Apart from preventing conception, the use of condom also prevents the spread of AIDS. For this reason, people are encouraged to use condoms during sexual relations. Indirectly, the condom encourages sex outside marriage. In my opinion, I personally think that the Ministry of Health should not organize a “Use Condom” campaign. This is because the priority and the main concern should be focused more on the practical and efficient ways in how to prevent HIV and AIDS instead of encourage people to use condoms which don’t seem enough to stop the spread of AIDS. Although condom can help in preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV and AIDS, but somehow it provides less protection against certain STD especially involved skin to skin contact, which including human papillomavirus or known as HPV like genital warts, syphilis and genital herpes. Using condom during sexual intercourse will reduce the risk of HIV and AIDS infection, but it doesn’t provide 100% protection against the diseases infection. There are still some rare cases in which some people were infected with HIV although they were using condom during sexual activities. The objective of the “Use Condom” campaign seem like only focus on the use of condoms which sending the wrong message that it’s fine to do any illicit sexual activities as long as using condom and will not get infected with these diseases. Not only that, there are still many ways to get infected with HIV and AIDS other than sexual activities. HIV...
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...this can cause the following: interruptions in education, family unit may break down, and inability to follow through with plans for the future. "Family First Aid: Help For Troubled Teens" (2002-2004), "Thirty-four percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 -- about 820,000 a year ” (Teen Pregnancy statistics, facts, and prevention). “The NSFG is a nationwide survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Data were collected in collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research by trained personnel, from January 2002 to March 2003, through an in-home interview process that included Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). Overall information collected included basic demographics; knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding family planning issues; and self-reported sexual behavior and previous diagnoses of STDs” (Kohler, Manhart, & Lafferty, 2008, para. 7). The problem the study was conducted to resolve was the problem of teenage pregnancy. The reason that the problem of teenage pregnancy is important for health care administrators to study is that the commencement of sexual activity and risk of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) to research trends in order to understand and better educate teenagers in the real statistics related to these problems and provide them with the necessary tools to prevent spread of disease and /or Teenage pregnancies. ...
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...longer HIV. At risk groups in South Africa Everyone in Africa is at risk of getting HIV/AIDS. However, there are some vulnerable groups that have a higher chance than others. These groups include: men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sex workers, children, prisoners and women as a result of gang rape or in a sexual relationship. Although worldwide the majority of HIV infections are transmitted through sex between men and women, there are still curtain groups such as the ones above that have also been extremely badly affected. HIV particularly affects adolescents and young people which accounted for 39% of all new infections and 15% of people living with HIV in 2012. This poses a larger risk for these groups in Africa because of the age range and the stigma and discrimination of people who have HIV. Prevention Strategies adopted in South Africa against HIV/AIDS The strategy of preventing HIV/AIDS in South Africa is known as a combination prevention program which addresses factors that are specific to each area that is affected by the disease, therefore being effective in addressing the problem that is HIV/AIDS. One part of the combination program is behavioral intervention which aims to change how people behave in order to stop the speed of the spread. Examples of behavioral intervention...
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...developing AIDS from HIV however; the threshold is when ones T-cell or CD4 cell count is less than 200. To put this into perspective a healthy person has a CD4 cell count of 500-1800 per cubic millimeter of blood. HIV can be transmitted through bodily fluids and sharing needles. Specifically blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk is how the virus is transmitted. HIV is transmitted through the sharing of needles by one person using the needle to inject themselves and then passing it to another who may not be infected but just used the same needle as someone who was infected. HIV can be transmitted through these ways but the most common in the United States is that of unprotected sex. The important thing to remember is the best way to prevent HIV is abstinence. If you choose to have sex, protect yourself by always using protection (condom). Changes in the immune system with an HIV patient to become an AIDS patient are several different areas. One common item is the CD4 count falling to a certain level normally less than 200. Another area in the immune system is when the HIV patient...
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...commonly used criteria in abstinence-only education and found that 11 out of the 13 things taught were false or unproven when it comes to health, gender, and life beginning (The Truth). Some examples of these false things taught are that at 43 days old a fetus can think in the womb, 10% of women cannot reproduce again after having an abortion, and HIV can be transmitted through tears and sweat (The Truth). Furthermore, Abstinence-only sex education classes often teach that condoms are not effective at preventing pregnancies, when in reality in couples who use condoms correctly, women have less than a 3 percent chance of becoming pregnant by accident (The Truth). By scaring teenagers like this, abstinence-only classes hope that the teenagers will be scared out of having sex, when in reality they will do it anyway. The Director of Education at Planned Parenthood, Marilyn Anderson, talked about the goal of abstinence-only education when she said “The whole idea is to scare kids and make them think they’ll get HIV by having sex, but what’s walking into our clinic says kids are having sex, just without condoms” (“Abstinence-Only”). This shows that teenagers will have sex no matter what, and by educating them, they can avoid...
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...span, the HIV situation has been constantly growing although the prevalence remains well under 1%, at a low 0.04%. The government is trying its level best to make AIDS extinct through education and prevention. Moreover, the cases of HIV are increasing at an exponential rate, so there is a need to give serious attention to the problem. From one new case every three days in year 2000, to one new case every three hours by the end of 2011 (UNAIDS 2012). Those who engage in risky behaviors such as, performing unprotected sex with several partners or intravenous drug users are at risk the most and can possible result in death. Number of infections old and new While the number of cases of HIV has declined substantially in many areas in the world, countries like the Philippines are experiencing the opposite. According to UNAIDS 2012 there were approximately 15,000 people living with HIV. The Philippines is one of the only two countries in Asia where the number of HIV cases have increased by almost half within an 8 year time span. From 4,697 reported cases in 2010, the number has risen to 17,450 by February 2014. (CNN iReport, n.d.) New infections are centered on certain populations with specific risk behaviors such as, unprotected sex between two male individuals, injecting drug use and transactional sex. The new cases are also...
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...Kendall Hoyt ENGL 202-13 Research Paper Sex Education: Truth or Taboo? Each and every year the government spends over forty million dollars to support families that have resulted from teenage pregnancies (“Statistics on Teen Pregnancy” Question 1). However, the government chooses to only fund abstinence programs in schools. If a school chooses to have an abstinence plus birth control program, the government will not present them with any federal funds to help cover the costs of the program (Lindberg, Laura, Duberstein, and Isaac Maddow-Zimet 332). Not only will the government refuse to fund the program, but the parents are also scared such courses will negatively influence their children and churches say it goes against moral conduct. The church argument should be invalid if our country wants to live up to the separation of church and state. The church should not be able to dictate what students learn. However, that is beside the point. Until schools have the backing of the community and parents, this will not be changed. The media also plays a big role in negative influences on teen pregnancy. In my opinion, this is something that classes could change. Deciding on who should receive this education is another debate. Everyone should receive this education. The information is very helpful and useful. When asked about sex education, Helen B. Shaffer had this to say, “while sex education in the schools has become fairly prevalent, much of it still skirts around the very questions...
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...Despite this current situation the country’s leaders try very hard to reduce the stigma associated with being HIV positive for Ugandans around the world. Tourism is not a vibrant industry in Uganda, despite its obvious beauty and it is widely assumed this is due to because the fear of coming into contact with anyone with this non-discriminatory disease. After conducting my research, despite the government’s attempts to distribute free condoms and a massive public information campaign the general this seems to have had very little impact on the behaviour patterns of the citizens. Thus, ending this plague hasn’t been successful over the years. The rates at which HIV/AIDs spreads in Uganda are increasing not only in cities, but villages too, the survey shows. Adult husbands and wives, not youths or commercial sex workers, are the ones spreading the disease, according to the survey. By their late 30s, roughly one in 10 women now become H.I.V. positive. For men, roughly one in 10 are infected by their early 40s. “An estimated 1.7 million people in Uganda are...
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...America has a strange and oftentimes confusing relationship with sex. We use it to try and sell everything from cars to food yet, it is almost never talked about in public. This has led to a somewhat unhealthy view of sex in the US. While it is only natural and something that almost everyone will do in their lifetime at least once, there isn’t really any focus on trying to inform those who really have no experience or knowledge of the ins and outs of sex and being safe. That is what Planned Parenthood is for. While many people may believe Planned Parenthood to only be about abortion and administering the morning after pill, Planned Parenthood is actually a nonprofit organization that tries to help anyone and everyone be informed about a variety...
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