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Fighting Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Study looks at
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Black urban teenagers from low-
income families face a rate of sexu
ally transmitted disease up to 10
times higher than their white coun
terparts, but recent studies at Or
egon State University have identi
fied approaches to prevention pro
grams that might reduce this prob
lem
The research, based on inter
views of black adolescents ages 15-
17 in San Francisco and Chicago,
found that information from par
ents, teachers and other caring
adults is actually listened to, more
than the adults might think.
If teenagers get a wide range of
medical, social, educational and
personal support and information
from multiple sources, they are fairly
adept at separating the good sense
from the nonsense, scientists said.
Unfortunately, that broad range of
information and communication of
ten doesn’t exist.
And somewhat surprisingly, the
research found that few youth use
or trust the Internet for information
on sexual health.
“The level of sexual activity at a
young age and incidence of STDs,
including HIV and AIDS, in low-
income, urban black teenagers is
high,” said Margaret Dolcini, an
associate professor in the OSU
School of Social and Behavioral
Health Sciences. “We have made
strides in prevention, but need to
continue to deepen our understand
ing of the factors that contribute to
unsafe sexual activity."
The OSU studies were published
in Research in Human Development,
a scientific journal, with support
from the National Institutes of
Health. They explored the influences
and pressures this group of teenag
ers faced, including choices to have
sex, where people get information,
and how that affects behavior.
“We found that young black kids
who got information from varied
sources tended to do pretty well in
making smart choices,” Dolcini said.
The most important progress, the
OSU researchers found, could be
made if various educational, reli
gious and social support organiza
tions would make a more concerted
effort to address issues collectively,
within the constraints of their roles
and belief systems.
“We need more collaboration
between family, schools, medical
clinics, churches, and other entities
that traditionally may not have
worked together,” Dolcini said.
“This is possible, and we should
encourage more of it,” she said.
“We wouldn’t necessarily expect a
church to offer condom demonstra
tions, but a community clinic or
school sex education program might
do exactly that. And there’s a place
for both.”
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