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U.S. News Kentucky: Entertainment Has AIDS MessageAugust 20, 2003 The Kentucky Department for Public Health HIV/AIDS Branch and the state Department of Education are sponsoring a conference aimed at educating young people about HIV and other STDs. The conference will be held Saturday, August 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dunbar Center, 565 North Upper Street in Lexington. Those ages 13-24 are invited to participate in activities that will teach principles of abstinence, negotiating/refusal skills and safer sex. The event will feature food, entertainment and talent competitions. Parental consent is required for participants younger than 18. Drum corps and step dance performers will also entertain and deliver HIV prevention messages. For more information, telephone Ramonda Yocum at 502-564-6539 or e-mail Ramonda.Yocum@mail.state.ky.us. Lexington Herald Leader 08.20.03 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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