Young People & HIV: Prevention: Viewpoints/Analysis
- Beyond Vulnerability: Breaking the Link Between Violence and HIV Risk for Young People (Spring 2013)
In Prevention in Focus: Spotlight on Programming and Research, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
On TheBodyPRO.com
 Foster Parenting: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (December 24, 2012)
"What can I say? He's my son and he's using condoms and being responsible. I wasn't really happy that he said that to me, but happy that he's using condoms."
From TheBody.com
 Compulsory Sexual Education: A Blog Entry by Gary Bell (December 24, 2012)
"This belief system that sex education should remain at home isn't working. It is time that we have a substantive dialogue with parents to allay their fears and gain their support."
From TheBody.com
 Is "AIDS Fatigue" a Factor in Growing Infection Rates Among Gay, Bisexual, and MSM Youth? (December 13, 2012)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Preventing HIV Transmission With Youth Infected at Birth: A Blog Entry by Gary Bell (November 13, 2012)
"Imagine that at age 15 or 16 you are told that you are HIV positive, not because you became infected through risky behavior, but because you have had it all of your life. More troubling: what if you have been sexually active before you found out?"
From TheBody.com
- 20 Percent of Youth With HIV Didn't Know They Were Infected at First Sexual Experience (November 9, 2012)
NIH-funded study underscores need for physician counseling on healthy practices.
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
On TheBodyPRO.com
 Monday Reflection: The Pesky Details ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 27, 2012)
"There's nothing like the newness of a relationship. ... Who wants to jack up the flow of the newness with the pesky details of condoms, one's last HIV test and their STD history?"
From TheBody.com
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Call for a National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (August 13, 2012)
In Positive Voice, from National Association of People With AIDS
 Protecting Our Youth From HIV/AIDS (July 26, 2012)
From Black AIDS Institute
 Let's Talk About Sex, Drugs and HIV: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino (June 27, 2012)
"Kids today are as sexually active as ever, yet the discussion of condoms does not come up as readily and simply as it once did. ... [T]here are whole series dedicated to teen moms. What about the STI risk? The risk of HIV?"
From TheBody.com
 Living With HIV/AIDS: This Is a Message to the Youth -- A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (June 14, 2012)
"PLEASE LISTEN TO MY MESSAGE AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS! You are important! Even if you are in a household where you are being told you are a NOTHING!"
From The Well Project
 Let's Keep It Moving! A Blog Entry by Bernard Jackson (May 21, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 An Open Letter to Zac Efron: "Get'cha Head in the Game" and Be a Safer Sex Advocate -- A Blog Entry by Becky Allen (March 27, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 The Invisible Lives of Homeless LGBTQ Youth: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino (March 20, 2012)
"Imagine being a young person and being kicked out of your home for being 'different'. Imagine finding a shred of hope in a welcoming shelter with other young people struggling with similar experiences. Then imagine feeling in danger of this hope and shelter being taken away. ... To feel you have no other choice but to risk your health and safety just for a meal or a place to sleep."
From TheBody.com
 Only 1 in 5 Teens in the US Gets Tested for HIV (January 11, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 When Condoms Ain't Enuf ... What to Do With a Sex-Phobic Society in a "Post-AIDS" Era? (November 28, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- Sex on TV and Teens: Professor, Lecturer Says Explicit Shows Can Encourage Conversations About Sexual Activity (October 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Washington, D.C.: Youth Organizations Struggle to Make Teenagers Aware of the Risks of HIV (October 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Why Are Teenagers Not Using Condoms? A Video Blog Entry by Jermaine Wright (October 20, 2011)
"It's understandable that condoms are one thing that is a highly stolen item in stores, but how can we work around this issue? I remember being a teenager who would rather steal a condom than to stand in line holding a box of rubbers while some old lady, who was probably calling me a hoe in her mind, rang me up."
From TheBody.com
 Be the Change: A Solidarity Speech (June 29, 2011)
"It's easy for us to condemn society for the social norms that stigmatize and discriminate against people whose sexual orientation and gender identity do not fit the heterosexual status quo," says Laurindo Garcia. "But ... by continually diverting attention to external factors out of our control, we deny ourselves a role in making change happen."
From TheBody.com
- LGBT Bullying, HIV and the "Don't Say Gay" Bill (June 10, 2011)
From TheBody.com
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