Many theories and much research has been conducted on contraception in general, and more recently on condoms in particular, as a result of the AIDS epidemic (Lear, 1995). Condom usage and AIDS education are essential tools for reducing the impact of the disease, yet fewer than one third of sexu...

While walking down the steps at my high school, I began to wonder what exactly we were going to see at the assembly. After the entire school was seated in the gym, only then did we all realize that we were there for sex education. The presentation began, equipped with skits, facts, questions from ...

Issues/Strengths/Challenges What does it mean to be gay? "I never had any real attraction towards women, but I really knew that I was gay when puberty began. I felt an attraction toward the other boys and I was curious to find out what they were like." P.J. Smith (Personal communication, November 2...

The issue of birth control being taught and/or distributed in public schools is one worth debating. In biology and health classes students are educated in reproduction and sexuality, but not about birth control methods such as condoms and birth control pills. While parents may touch briefly on the t...

THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA There has been a startling increase of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the leading cause of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) in Africa. So much so, that there has been public outcry from country to country. There have been protests and rallies to try to e...

Jonathan N. Dukes December 1, 1999 Health 6th Period Ms. J Thesis: The AIDS and HIV viruses are getting worse in the United States and the rest of the world. Introduction Although more people die of heart disease and cancer each year, AIDS has become the health problem people fear the most. Much of...

Significant Social Issues Teens Face When a person thinks of a drug abuser one usually pictures a person that looks like they had just jumped out of a garbage bin. What most people do not realize is that most drug users are the people who have steady jobs and are professionals such as do...

Origins of AIDS/HIV are not known even though there has been considerable amount of discussion and research on the subject of origin. It is believed that it might have its origin in Haiti's rural area from where it spread to urban centers and then came to the US through gay men. But this was ju...

Over the course of history, it has often been said of human beings that we are afraid of what we don't know. In the late seventeenth century, religious fundamentalists used the irrational fear of witchery and superstition as an excuse for the execution of many innocent people. Until fairly re...