As we just passed world AIDS day, popular media wants to find ways to help spread the word about safe sex and how to protect yourself from sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS or HIV. As world AIDS day approaches durex, a condom company believes that it is a smart investment to make and embrace a condom emoji. Durex started a, “social media campaign to create the first official safe-sex emjoi”. As our technology increases, Durex believes that young couples use technological devices such a tablets and iPhones has the primary way to communicate within relationships. Durex stated within this article, that eighty percent of 16-25 year olds explain that using emojis makes it easier to explain how they are feeling, rather than using words.
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Within 2013 53 percent of cases were homosexuals as well as bisexuals (Sabato 2015). However, it is known that his virus can affect all races, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Adolescents between the ages of 13 to 24 make up about 7 percent of those 1.4 millions people living with HIV and AIDs in the united states, it is believed that this age group expresses a high at risk rate due to need of independence as well as risky behaviors; especially on college campuses (Sabato2015). 75 percent of college students report that they are sexually active, while only 63 percent of them report using a condom outside of a committed relationship. Behaviors such as binge drinking, peer pressure as well as drugs all contribute to higher chances of engaging in risky sexual behaviors. College students admitted to not using condoms in situations like those listed before. Because of lack of condom use, we can account this a risky sexual behaviors leading to the spread of more sexually transmitted diseases, especially within this population of young adults. The purpose of the following study was to test the knowledge of a how HIV; based on symptoms, how it is transmitted, what preventive measures to take and how to get tested. The research study consisted of students enrolled in health education courses at three large institutions. Students were given a research packet with facts about HIV, the object was to complete the questionnaire within in one week and then return it for
Within 2013 53 percent of cases were homosexuals as well as bisexuals (Sabato 2015). However, it is known that his virus can affect all races, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Adolescents between the ages of 13 to 24 make up about 7 percent of those 1.4 millions people living with HIV and AIDs in the united states, it is believed that this age group expresses a high at risk rate due to need of independence as well as risky behaviors; especially on college campuses (Sabato2015). 75 percent of college students report that they are sexually active, while only 63 percent of them report using a condom outside of a committed relationship. Behaviors such as binge drinking, peer pressure as well as drugs all contribute to higher chances of engaging in risky sexual behaviors. College students admitted to not using condoms in situations like those listed before. Because of lack of condom use, we can account this a risky sexual behaviors leading to the spread of more sexually transmitted diseases, especially within this population of young adults. The purpose of the following study was to test the knowledge of a how HIV; based on symptoms, how it is transmitted, what preventive measures to take and how to get tested. The research study consisted of students enrolled in health education courses at three large institutions. Students were given a research packet with facts about HIV, the object was to complete the questionnaire within in one week and then return it for