The AIDS era: new challenges and new roles for sexually active teenagers
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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
The AIDS era: new challenges and new roles for sexually active teenagers
Périodique
Entre Nous Cph Den
ISSN
1014-8485 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
10/1993
Numéro
24
Pages
12
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Oct
Mots-clé
*Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
*Adolescent
Age Factors
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Behavior
*Condoms
Contraception
*Counseling
Demography
Developed Countries
Disease
Europe
*Evaluation Studies
Family Planning Services
*HIV Infections
Health
Health Planning
*Interpersonal Relations
Organization and Administration
Population
Population Characteristics
*Public Health
*Sexual Behavior
Social Behavior
Switzerland
Virus Diseases
definition of the roles of boys and girls. For the past 20 years the
University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine as well as the
Public Health Service of the Canton of Vaud in Lausanne, Switzerland, have
conducted several surveys on the health behavior of teenagers. Ten years
ago love affairs ranked 10th within health concerns. In 1992 the same
item ranked 3rd: 35.8% of the girls and 28.2% of the boys felt they
needed help to solve their problems. In 1982 the percentages were 18% and
15%. In 1987 the Swiss Federal Office for Public Health and the cantonal
governments launched an AIDS prevention campaign that stressed the use of
condoms. In 1987, only about 50% of adolescents would use any
contraception during their first intercourse. The percentage was around
75% in 1993. The percentage of boys who claimed they used condoms on a
regular basis increased from 22% in 1987 to 43% in 1992. There was a
slight increase in the number of girls engaging in sex at the age of 15-16
years because of the increased availability of condoms. In several
French-speaking cantons of Switzerland recently, workshops were set up
with the objective of defining future actions regarding the health of
adolescents. Girls had had the family planning clinics for many years to
discuss sexual and health matters: in the future, either the family
planning clinics or the health care structure should be available within
the school health services as well as at discos, clubs, and youth centers.
It is important to encourage discussions about AIDS and contraception.
The current national policy is to encourage the use of both the condom and
the pill. Despite concerns about HIV and pregnancy, sexuality is a human
exchange that should bring happiness.
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