http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3890689.stm
Dozens of pornographic cable TV
channels on sale here, and yet sales of condoms have been falling
for several years.
http://www.populationaction.org/resources/factsheets/factsheet_22.htm
The ABCs are three parts of an HIV/AIDS behavior change initiative
that encourages:
Abstinence (and delay of first intercourse);
Being faithful (monogamy and reduction in the number of sexual
partners); and
Condom use during sexual intercourse.
Studies show that this kind of comprehensive approach to HIV
prevention and sexuality education is far more successful
in reducing risky behaviors than abstinence-only programs,
particularly among young people. Despite the demonstrated
success of this approach, however, the majority of at-risk
individuals lack access to the information or services that could
save their lives.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/health/webmd/main1931567.shtml
Teens have as much unsafe sex with their main sex partners as they
do with their casual sex contacts, Brown University researchers
report.
Sexually active teens say they use condoms more often with
casual sex partners than they do with their main sex
partners that is, someone they consider a spouse, a
lover, a boyfriend, or a girlfriend.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9556172&dopt=Abstract
Furthermore, 40% of the 15 respondents who reported consistent
condom use with casual sex partners at the initial interview later
admitted at reinterview that they sometimes have unprotected
sex.
http://www.condomdepot.com/learn/2006/08/teens-neglect-condom-use-in-serious.cfm
As reported in the September issue of the Journal of Adolescent
Health, the study included more than 1,300 sexually active young
people, ages 15 to 21, in Miami, Atlanta, and Providence. The
participants were divided into two groups: 65 percent who said
they'd had sex with their main partner only in the previous 90 days
and 35 percent who said they'd had sex with at least one casual
partner during that time.
Among those in the casual-partner group, 21.5 percent said
they had had unprotected sex within the previous 90 days,
compared to 19.2 percent of those in the main-partner-only
group.
