There are an estimated 33.3 million people living with the virus, and each year millions more people become infected (USAID, 2008). Effective HIV and AIDS education can help prevent these new infections by providing people with information about HIV and how it is passed on, and in doing so equipping individuals with the knowledge to protect themselves from becoming infected with the virus.…
Most people don’t know how serious HIV/AIDS are, because they are not well educated on this topic. Every eight seconds someone dies from AIDS (A Closer Walk). Providing young people with basic AIDS education enables them to protect themselves from becoming infected. Peer education would be a great way to inform people on this topic. Peer education is when a group is given information by someone who is a member of the same community, and who has already been trained in the subject. It is proven that people are strongly influenced by the attitudes and actions of others their…
Assignment - A 3000 word essay identifying two public health issues pertinent to clinical placement area; analyse these with reference to appropriate literature and research and discuss the public health role of the midwife.…
On a Saturday afternoon, a young college student notice that as she was reading chapter three for her sociology class, she found it quite difficult to stay focus and she has only read one pages into the chapter. She turns off the television, in order to avoid any sound from distracting her. However, turning off the TV still did no help. Unable to focus, the student then picks up her phone and start scrolling through instragram (an social network) and look through new photos friends has posted. The student goes back to the reading but still couldn't manage to keep her full attention on the reading. She questioned herself, "Why can't I stay focus?".…
In the article “What the Rest of Africa Could Learn About AIDS” I completely agree with Jessica Reaves’s thesis. Reaves thesis states that comprehensive sex education—including information about condoms and how to use them—is one of the most important weapons in the fight against AIDS. I believe this is true because using a condom should be a natural process when having sex and some people may not be informed about condoms, therefore putting them at risk for contracting AIDS. The main points Reaves points out is that people from countries teaching sex education have lower AIDS rates than countries who allow religion to stand in the way of teaching the practices of using condoms. Obviously Reaves support is completely logical, the statistics prove that. I do not have any personal experience with AIDS or any other type of STD and that is probably because my parents have informed me about safe sex and have always been open to any questions I had.…
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the average teenager engages in sexual intercourse by the age of seventeen, but do not marry until the mid-twenties (citation). This means that young adults are at an increased risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections for nearly ten years or longer. The numbers of students engaging in sexual activity of ages thirteen to twenty-four continues to grow each year, as does the number of unplanned pregnancies and HIV infections due to not being fully educated about the risks. Today, the duty of educating students and teenagers about sexual intercourse and the risks involved is left to the government and public school system. Abstinence education programs in public…
They feel overwhelmed about where to start or confused about what to teach and when to teach it. The US is the oldest and most trusted provider of sexual health care, and with a national network of sexuality educators, medically accurate sex education in your school or program. “By the late 1980s, many states required schools to provide instructions about AIDS and other STDs.”(”Sex Education.") “In addition, since 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have provided financial assistance to state and local education programs, national organizations and other groups to improve HIV education in…
Hannam, D. (2001) A Pilot Study to evaluate the impact of student participation aspects of the…
The United States has the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy of any developed country. Each year, unprotected sex results in almost four million teenagers contracting an STD. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is also a serious health concern for young people. Of the 40,000 new HIV infections in the US every year, about 20,000 occur in people under the age of 25, unprotected sex being to blame. (1) The National Abortion Rights Advocacy League says, “By denying teens the full range of information regarding human sexuality, abstinence-only education fails to provide young people with the information they need to protect their health and well-being.” (2) Surveys done by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that “students who have sex education know more and feel better prepared to handle different situations and decisions than those who have not.” (3) If the abstinence-only approach continues, it is expected have serious consequences by denying young people access to the information they need to protect themselves. These…
According to Collins, Alagiri, & Summers (2002), nearly four million youth will be infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and there are approximately 10,000 new cases of HIV in individuals ages 22 and under each year (p.11). The numbers clearly show that some young Americans have had sex outside of the context of marriage and have done it unsafely or used protection incorrectly. It is a public health and safety concern to make sure that young Americans are not only educated about STI’s and HIV but that they are also taught how to properly protect themselves if they do engage in sexual activity.…
STDs, also known as Sexually Transmitted Diseases, are an increasing problem among teens all over the world. As teenagers get older and become more sexually active, they are often not informed or misinformed of the dangers and consequences of STDs. Although there are many ways to prevent STDs, the only way that has is 100% guaranteed is to practice abstinence, and that proves to be very difficult for some teens. In order to protect teenagers from unwanted diseases, they must be educated about the social, emotional, and physical consequences that they would have to deal with.…
When discussing sexual health to students, it’s important to be inclusive and address every vantage point such as exploring the options for various sexualities and genders. Comprehensive sexual education ensures that every student is knowledgeable on different forms of birth control, methods of having protected sex, STI’s, and how to receive medical treatment for sexual health. It’s important to raise awareness on these topics, especially during puberty so that teens are prepared for sexual encounters in the future. This is why my focus is driven towards adolescents in middle and high school. Realistically, the student body is not composed of homogenous individuals who identify with heteronormative social norms. Instead, schools are rich in diversity…
Half of the new HIV infections in the U.S occur in people between the ages of 13–24. That means us. Are we living under the assumptions that HIV and AIDS can’t affect us? Well guess what, we are dead wrong. HIV AIDS and STD aren’t racist, or sexist, nor do they stereotype, they just love the people who don’t act smart.…
Whether its safe sex practices or even abstinence, all of these issues must be dealt with in an educational setting, because when we look at teen pregnancy rates, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, it only makes sense to have as much education as possible. This allows them to make more informed choices about engaging in sexual intercourse. The youth do not always consider the consequences of having sex, but with well educated instructors informing them, they can learn the dangers that come with having sex. If someone has no prior information about STD’s and they engage in sexual intercourse, they not only put themselves at risk but…
Several trends other than geographical relation have become know to be important, such as, age and sex. HIV is a great risk for youth in the United States. In 2009, youth were involved in 39% of all new cases. The main risk is for young men who are gay, bisexual or African American (“Fact Sheets”). People ages 50 and older infected with AIDS is on the rise due to the increase in new diagnoses and therapy that allows…