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General HIV Prevention

UK Officials Post Shock Video of "Teen Birth" (May 28, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ohio: Teens Speak Up About Sex; Adults Listen (May 11, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Teenagers Get Sex Education Via Cell Phone (May 1, 2009)
The Birds and Bees Text Line, staffed by experts at the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina, is an innovative program that offers one-on-one, nonjudgmental (and non-abstinence-only) advice sent directly to teenagers' cell phones.
In The New York Times
Virginia: Planned Parenthood, Church Team Up on Sex Education for Teens (March 12, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moving Upstream: Ecosocial and Psychosocial Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Adults in the United States (February 5, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
High Rates of Sexual Abuse in Hawaii -- Particularly in Indigenous Population (August 5, 2008)
In The XVII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
A Young Person Becomes Infected With HIV in the United States Every 60 Minutes (July/August 2006)
Ignorance by both youths and providers allow an epidemic to continue.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Drag Balls: An Underground Black Youth Community Taking HIV Prevention Into Its Own Hands (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The History of Hope's Voice (July/August 2006)
Interview with Todd Murray, founder of a peer-education organization that seeks to spread HIV awareness throughout the United States.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The Road to Hope Tour: Young Adults With HIV Spread HIV Awareness One City at a Time (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
All of Your Dreams Can Come True (June 2006)
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In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
U.S. Congressman's Pressure May Have Altered Abstinence Panel at STD Prevention Conference (May 9, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Friends for Life: One Doctor Takes HIV Prevention Into the Hood (November/December 2005)
Dr. Margo Bell brings HIV and STD prevention directly to young people in Chicago's inner city.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
STD Prevention via Rock Concerts: An Arizona Program Tries to Make Difference (August 1, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Academy of Pediatricians Reduces Importance of Abstinence Counseling (July 6, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supporting an AWEsome Group: Education and Support for Atlanta-Area Youths (November/December 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Young People Must Be Involved in Development of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, Treatment Programs, Piot Says (July 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Has Taken Severe Toll on World's Youth, 2003 U.N. World Youth Report Says (April 28, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bush Administration to Withdraw Support From Global Health Council Conference on Youth and Health (April 27, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Florida High-School Workshop Spreads Word on AIDS (April 21, 2004)
A workshop for teens and their families is an example of the increasing attention being paid to HIV in the black community.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A State-by-State Portrait of Sex Education and Abstinence-Only Programs in the United States (2004)
This in-depth resource includes overviews, statistics and sex-education program listings.
From Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

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