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Leaders and teachers have an opportunity to direct the discussion to both medical an psychological issues. An important message is that many people can have a disease without knowing that they are ill. The implications of this for the infected person, his/her partners and unborn children are then opened to discussion.
Having multiple contacts greatly increases the chance of acquiring a disease, "the more partner, the more risk." Women and newborns of infected mothers are particularly vulnerable to the organisms that case STD. Young girls are biologically the most susceptible to STD, and its is they who suffer its w
Leaders and teachers have an opportunity to direct the discussion to both medical an psychological issues. An important message is that many people can have a disease without knowing that they are ill. The implications of this for the infected person, his/her partners and unborn children are then opened to discussion.
Having multiple contacts greatly increases the chance of acquiring a disease, "the more partner, the more risk." Women and newborns of infected mothers are particularly vulnerable to the organisms that case STD. Young girls are biologically the most susceptible to STD, and its is they who suffer its worsts effects. Discussion leaders should encourage dialogue about these important points.
The Insidious Epidemic describes a medical crisis and more. It portrays the dilemma of young people victimized by the permissiveness they say they want. Leaders can draw on the remarks of the students in the tape to stimulate discussion. How do they make decisions about their own behavior? Is peer pressure an important influence? Are they unknowingly encouraged by parental or social permission to act on their impulses?
A sympathetic approach, not only to the STD crisis, but to the dilemma of adolescents in a loosely structured society is provided in this video tape. Presenting unbiased, realistic data promotes an awareness in youth which can lead to thoughtful and responsible sexual behavior.
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