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Get Involved This Summer: Join the Youth Action Institute (March 14, 2008)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
SC HIV/AIDS Council Seeks Participants in Youth Program (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Calling All U.S. Youth Activists to a July 4 Meeting in Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2007)
From Housing Works
A Young Person Becomes Infected With HIV in the United States Every 60 Minutes (July/August 2006)
Ignorance by both youths and providers allow an epidemic to continue.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Drag Balls: An Underground Black Youth Community Taking HIV Prevention Into Its Own Hands (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The History of Hope's Voice (July/August 2006)
Interview with Todd Murray, founder of a peer-education organization that seeks to spread HIV awareness throughout the United States.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The Road to Hope Tour: Young Adults With HIV Spread HIV Awareness One City at a Time (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
U.S. Congressman's Pressure May Have Altered Abstinence Panel at STD Prevention Conference (May 9, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Friends for Life: One Doctor Takes HIV Prevention Into the Hood (November/December 2005)
Dr. Margo Bell brings HIV and STD prevention directly to young people in Chicago's inner city.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
STD Prevention via Rock Concerts: An Arizona Program Tries to Make Difference (August 1, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Academy of Pediatricians Reduces Importance of Abstinence Counseling (July 6, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supporting an AWEsome Group: Education and Support for Atlanta-Area Youths (November/December 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Florida High-School Workshop Spreads Word on AIDS (April 21, 2004)
A workshop for teens and their families is an example of the increasing attention being paid to HIV in the black community.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A State-by-State Portrait of Sex Education and Abstinence-Only Programs in the United States (2004)
This in-depth resource includes overviews, statistics and sex-education program listings.
From Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Massachusetts HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs for Young People Seeking Funding Amid Increasing HIV Caseload (September 2, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Massachusetts Teens Battle Complacency on Education About AIDS (September 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Teen HIV Prevention, HAART Adherence Programs Examined (August 5, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Trust Is Key to Effective HIV Prevention for Youths (June 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tennessee: Youths Get Hard Facts on AIDS -- Black Church Gets Down-to-Earth (March 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana: Some Question Planned Parenthood-Church Sex-Ed Partnership (December 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Planned Parenthood Looks to Form Sex-Ed Partnership With Churches (December 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National PTA Helps Parents Tell Children About Sex (October 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California: Chlamydia Clinics Discussed for Young Inmates (August 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Survey: More Than Half of Wisconsin Girls Don't Want Birth Control if Parents Must Be Told (August 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Loving Yourself to Love Others (2002)
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From PositiveWords
Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis (PDF) (2002)
A comprehensive look at the knowledge and behavior of people aged 15 to 24 relating to HIV/AIDS.
From UNICEF, UNAIDS and World Health Organization
40% of Boys "Never Heard of HIV" (November 9, 2001)
From BBC News
Youth Facing Life With HIV (Summer 2001)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
One in 62: Young Injectors (March/April 2001)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Boys, Young Men and HIV/AIDS (2001)
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In World AIDS Campaign 2001, from UNAIDS
What Works in HIV Prevention for Youth (2001)
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From AIDS Action Council
Annotated Bibliography: Sexuality Education in the Home (December 2000/January 2001)
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In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda (October 2000)
In Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda, from White House Press Office
Confronting Teen HIV (May/June 2000)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Education Can Help Save Young People From AIDS, UNAIDS Chief Says (April 26, 2000)
From UNAIDS
How Much Do You Know About HIV/AIDS? (December 1, 1998)
A true-false quiz for young people, from Be a Force for Change, an HIV/AIDS resource booklet.
In Be a Force for Change, from American Association for World Health
CDC Study Proves Youth HIV Prevention Works: AIDS Action Says Six-Year Study Demonstrates Need for Broader-Based Prevention Efforts (September 17, 1998)
From AIDS Action Council
On the Teen Scene: Preventing STDs (April 1998)
In FDA Consumer, from U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Comprehensive HIV Prevention Messages for Young People (January 1997)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Youth and HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda: A Report to the President: Full Report (March 5, 1996)
From Office of National AIDS Policy
Youth and HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda: Letter to the President (March 5, 1996)
From Office of National AIDS Policy
Youth and HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda: A Report to the President: Executive Summary (March 1996)
From Office of National AIDS Policy

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