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Young people, particularly young girls, deserve special attention
because they have the highest rate of new HIV infections in the
developing world. Reducing new infections in this age group is
probably one of the most effective strategies for slowing the spread
of the epidemic.
However, designing effective programs for young
people is not easy. Young people face many special constraints in
adopting safe behavior. They are sometimes hard to reach,
particularly those who are not in school. They are less likely than
adults to have skills, economic resources, and access to information
that they need to protect themselves. They are also less likely to
have access to services, particularly those that meet their needs in
a nonstigmatizing, nondiscriminatory, and user-friendly manner. Most
important, they are less likely to have the power within
relationships to insist on safe sex. (more)
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The December 2008 Studies in Family Planning is a
special issue devoted to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
One of the three sections of the issue, “HIV Risk,” examines such risk in the
contexts of hazardous partnering practices (multiple, concurrent,
and age-asymmetrical relationships) and of adolescents’ inability to
refuse sex with those in positions of power over them. (more)
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Publications/Resources |
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“Community interventions providing care and
support to orphans and vulnerable children: A review of evaluation
evidence” (2009) (abstract)
“Exploring context and dynamics of homosexual experiences among rural youth
in India” (2008) (abstract)
"Sexual behavior and desires among adolescents perinatally infected with
human immunodeficiency virus in Uganda: Implications for programming" (2009)
(abstract)
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