HIV/AIDS Prevention

Progress seen in adolescent sexual health

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 15th, 2004

Today's U.S. high school students report they are less likely to have sex and more likely to use condoms than students 12 years ago.

Many HIV-related risk behaviors have decreased steadily among male and female and white, black and Hispanic U.S. high school students surveyed over the past 12 years, according to new data from a national survey, presented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

As part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, CDC's Dr. Laura Kann and team conducted seven national school-based surveys between 1991 and 2003 involving approximately...

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