health promotion
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HIV/ AIDS risk factors:
Unprotected sexual intercourse which would allow infected fluid to pass through lesions of the lining of the vagina, vulva, or penis
Blood passed on from a pregnant mother to her child through pregnancy or at birth
Through a mother's infected breast milk to her children
Sharing injecting equipment such as needles or syringes which are infected
Receiving blood which is infected usually through transfusions
Unprotected sexual intercourse is probably the biggest thing that affects students at Gilroy. Heaps of students aren't sure of the dangers of sex with others without the use of a condom, or other protectors. This is the most common risk factor because students want to do new things, especially with the opposite sex. Teenage years are the starting years for sexual activity, even though many teenagers are quite youthful on the subject. Each year the rate of children getting HIV or AIDS related disease is going up by an average of 12 percent. Over 2000 teenagers were found to be HIV positive in 2001, 86% of through sexual contact.
1. Giving safety packs to Gilroyians would promote and would help reduce the risk of students to getting infected. In these safety packs there would be pamphlets and safety products like condoms to show how to protect yourself from HIV/Aids.
Putting up posters around the school, with pictures of safety products, which would hopefully stop children from having sex unprotected...