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A recent survey con-
ducted by . the Public
Health ll'nit'indicates that
about ane quarter 'to ono
third of high school teens
are, sexually;. active.
Approximately 40 ger: cent
of these sexually. active
teens do not use condoms
regularly, If used correctly . •
• and, consistently, condoms,.
are very effective .in
reducing •the risk .of sexu-
ally transmitted diseases.
While there may:•be
.man, y reasons for not
using condoms, Lee
Fawcett, public ,health
nurse, points out that is
common for people of all
ages to assume that 'their,
partners do not have a sex-
ually transmitted 'disease
:like HIV. "Thereis a ten-
dency to think there is no
risk for HIV in;. Grey,-:
Bruce," she says.
• "In New York State, in. P
a.' small town • just like
Owen ' Sound, several
young women had 'sex .,
with• a •young man: He was
charming and offered
compliments and: some.
ernes drugs. Later, nine of:,
: those -young wometkested.
• HIV positive. A Male part-
ner of one,:of these young
women also'contracted the
virus.,Hu'ndreds more peo-
plc in;the area have.sought.
HIV testing."' `
Dec. 1 is World AIDS ...:.;
•Day. This .year's tl?eme is
",Children: Living,. in;a
Wotld. of -AIDS:" ,. .
theme highlights •.the need
to promote the rights of all
children :.and' : yoith,',
including:'ttose infected`: or
affected by HIV/AIDS...:
Murray• ' . 'McQuigge,
• 'medical officer of health;
_notes': that every day
around'the world, 1,000
children and. youth are
newly infected with HIV.
These :child, r4n are infect
ed through::mother' to baby•
,
transmission, unsafe blood
and injection practices and
sex, including. sexual: •
abuse .and : child prostitu'
tion:.
,McQuigge' believes that
families and communities
like those .in::Grey,-Bruce':`
- can do much.ta provide,
their *childrenn and youth
with: the self-esteem, . vale
uess, information incl skills'
they need` to :prevent or
reduce. their risk of being
• infected with HIV., "Talk
with your kids•and the •
kids you. know," he` says.
"In a world; with AIDS,
children are everyone's
responsibi,Iity."
For' more information
about HTV/AIDS; call
your Public Health.`Unit .or
..visit our web':site at
• www,srhip.on ca/bgoshu.: .'
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