Sex education--What We're Doing Wrong
Tags: SEX education; SAFE sex; AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention; SCHOOLS
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- Sex and health: The right to know. Khouri-Dagher, Nadia // UNESCO Sources;Mar99, Issue 110, p10
Elucidates the importance of information, education, and communication in the fight against the spread of AIDS. Recognition of reproductive rights as human rights; Encouragement of men to assume responsibility for their sexual behavior; Inclusion of sex education at primary level; Obstacles to...
- The AIDS Action Committee SafetyNet Program: Small Group Parties for Safer Sex Education. // American Journal of Public Health;Sep89, Vol. 79 Issue 9, p1305
The article presents the feasibility of evaluation of Safety Net� parties or in-home parties, which combine socializing with a presentation and informal discussion as a means to educate gay men about safe sex to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Boston's AIDS Action...
- HIV and safer sex knowledge poor in general population. // Nursing Standard;7/11/2007, Vol. 21 Issue 44, p10
The article reports on the result of the survey concerning the knowledge of the general public on HIV and safe sex, conducted by Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) company in Great Britain. The survey reveals that most individuals lack the knowledge on the issues involving HIV, including the cause of...
- Web-filtering programs halt access to safe-sex sites, study finds. // Contemporary Sexuality;Jan2003, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p9
This article focuses on how Internet-filtering programs are preventing millions of Internet users from accessing safe-sex information. Those filters--required by law at schools and libraries receiving federal funds--bar access to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) site...
- AIDS Educators Eyeing Magic Johnson As Powerful Spokeman foe Prevention. Flax, Ellen // Education Week;11/20/1991, Vol. 11 Issue 12, p13
The article reports on the promotion of safes sex by basketball player Earvin Johnson after he has tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS in the U.S. Educators were delighted by the decision of Johnson to be the spokesman against AIDS, targeting the message to the youth. The action...
- Guidance claims school kids should be told 'sex is fun.'. // Education (14637073);7/17/2009, Issue 363, p3
The article discusses a controversial report by the Sheffield, England National Health Service office suggesting engaging children in discussions about the pleasurable aspects of sex. The report, entitled "Pleasure," says that most guidance focuses on safe sex and avoidance of sexual diseases....
- 'SAFE SEX' AND THE PRESENCE OF THE ABSENCE. Hart, Jeffrey // National Review;5/8/1987, Vol. 39 Issue 8, p43
Reports on the safe sex educational programs launched by universities in the United States in an effort to battle the spread of AIDS. Features of the safe sex programs; Sexual practices of gays that are considered high-risk for AIDS transmission.
- When do you talk about HIV and safer sex? Ballew, John R. // Gay & Lesbian Times;7/9/2009, Issue 1124, p40
The article presents the author's perspectives on how to prevent AIDS and HIV infections.
- AIDS group says brochures removed at health fair. // Gay & Lesbian Times;11/27/2003, Issue 831, p26
Reports that Scott County High School administrators in Kentucky told AIDS Volunteers Inc. to remove brochures about safe sex at a student health fair. School principal Doug Southworth's concern about the appropriateness of having in school any brochures or materials that would promote sex,...
