Learning from Mass Media Campaigns for HIV/AIDS Prevention Reviews of mass media campaigns have a special interest for me. They demonstrate what can be done‚ and as importantly‚ what cannot be done‚ by relying on a 1P approach. I have talked about the 5% Solution before‚ and noted another review of mass media campaigns for changing health behaviors. This post focuses on the findings from a review of recent campaigns to prevent HIV/AIDS. What is interesting in this report are the comparisons it draws
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Public Health Concerns Nicole Moore Ohio University Public Health Concerns Pregnancy would ideally be a time of happiness and fulfillment‚ but for many people it is not. During the nine months that a woman is pregnant she and her unborn child face many health concerns‚ many of which could be prevented with proper prenatal care (World Health Organization‚ 2012) Over the past three months that I have been working as a labor nurse I have noticed that in my community there is an overwhelming
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control include‚ “the pill‚” “the shot‚” male and female condoms‚ diaphragms‚ and IUDs (intra-uterine device). The only one of these options that protects against STDs is the condom (pros and cons). People could say that birth control is expensive and is too much of a hassle‚ or too expensive‚ but there are free clinics close to just about every community. These free clinics‚ like their name‚ will give a teenager‚ or whoever needs them‚ free condoms‚ or free birth control. There just does not seem to
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(STDs). Abstaining from oral‚ anal‚ and vaginal sex altogether or having sex only with a mutually monogamous‚ uninfected partner are the only ways that individuals can be completely protected from the sexual transmission of HIV. However‚ by using condoms or other barriers between the mouth and genitals‚ individuals can reduce their risk of contracting HIV or another STD through oral sex. June 2009 Oral Sex is a Common Practice Oral sex involves giving or receiving oral stimulation (i.e.‚ sucking
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what are those effects that might happen to every individual like having respect to every women. Make sense. If RH bill will allow the legal use of contraceptives like condoms and modern family planning‚ think of the possible things that might happen to every women like by using IUDs that might put individual at risk and by using condoms and introducing teens for sex education ‚ it will only open the maliciousness of the children. Another thing is why the government should spend a
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together can have its ups and downs‚ but at least you will both be aware of your bodies and if either of you are contagious. Condom Use Lowers Your Risk Using condoms when having sex is always advised‚ but they do not always work properly. People have also put them on wrong‚ causing contact to occur‚ and spreading diseases they may have. If there was an accident with a condom that you used‚ do not hesitate to contact free clinics for STD testing. They will recommend that you come in as soon as you
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Our Government In the book Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn there were many arguments about the UNFPA which was created in 1969‚ giving the award of Population Award gold medal to Qian Xinzhong‚ who was forcing abortions in China and was the head of the family planning program. This set up a controversial issue with the United States government because it couldn ’t do anything to hurt China so it got rid of the funding for UNFPA. The United States government wanted to bring
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marriage. According to Asunta Wagura‚ Executive Director Kenya Network of Women Living with AIDS‚ There are several reasons married women and girls are at increased risk of HIV/AIDS‚ including; They often are powerless in decisions to have sex or use a condom‚ Women who are married and faithful to their husbands are at risk of HIV infection because their husband move on with other women who may be infected with HIV. In Uganda‚ the highest rates of increase of HIV transmission occur among married women
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whether or not providing condoms in school promotes sexual promiscuity. Condoms don ’t promote promiscuity -- hormones promote promiscuity! Giving students access to condoms doesn ’t increase their odds of having sex‚ it just increases the odds that they ’ll have safe sex (Siebold). One school that has begun teaching sex education is in Provincetown‚ Massachusetts‚ their High Schools board policy contributes to their students learning about safe sex‚ by distributing condoms to their students along
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Unsafe sex or unprotected sex describes sexual contact of any form that takes place in the absence of a condom normally used in preventing the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV (Chambers‚ 2010). The World Health Organisation (2004) considers all the consequences that can arise from unsafe sex practice and came up with a broader definition stating that any sexual contact that can lead to unwanted pregnancy‚ abortion‚ infertility‚ unstable mental conditions and cancer arising from certain
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