Which behavior do you choose in changing to get safety of the sex relationship?

Which behavior do you choose in changing to get safety of the sex relationship?

Man and Woman

Youth Risk Behavior for perpetrating the drug and alcohol

According to a research of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on youth risk behavior of 1293 male and 1236 female in some of the target areas such as night clubs, Massage parlors, Karaoke club and public place in 2001, showed that the teenagers who are from 10 years old to 19 years old; that is, there are 27.5 of men and 89.2 of women using drug. And 99.3 of men are drinking alcohol. Besides, the youths between the ages of 20 to 25 years old there are 12.9 of women and 29.7 of men using the drug, while 94 of women and 99.6 of men are drinking wine. These are why they fall into having sex that majority of them are in 18 years old.

Moreover, the research said 96 as male youth and 56 as female youth have sexual relation that they do sexual intercourse without condoms, except the 31 sex partners. Of those there 43 as women and 30 as men infected with a Venereal disease, but they do not go health checking. The 12 of women having sex are asserted that being pregnant and 33 of them caused an abortion a child.

Drug Use to Affect Health

The use of drugs and addictive substances can destroy your life. You will face:

-HIV affection

- Weakness of memory and decision

- Cirrhosis, Coronary disease, Kidney failure, and lung is damaged by toxin due to HIV

- Destruction of property in the family and cause fear

- Perpetration of discharge robbery, murder and imprison

What is HIV?

HIV Is a group that makes the immune system of the body to weaken the opportunity for a possible pandemic virus in the body and cause disease causing danger to life.

AIDS is the cluster symptoms that occur after a person's immune system to weaken. After the immunity has been destroyed by HIV, The immune system cannot protect the body against the opportunistic infectious disease.

How can we know that someone infected with HIV?

- Just look at from the outside, we cannot know that anyone living with HIV

- After getting in a short period of HIV infection, the person has still been in the normal situation of health, and as people called HIV

- Only a blood examination can only confirm that which one who gets HIV positive or negative

How come HIV infect?

- Having sex with multiple partners without using condom

- Touching with a blood of the HIV person

-The use of needles and syringe or sharp materials that do not kill the virus

-Insert blood does not check HIV

- Transmission from mother to baby

When is in a pregnancy

When is giving birth

When breastfeeding

Why is the examination of blood for HIV important for you?

- You will know the results after testing your blood

- You will receive information from diseases and HIV counseling about the status of you

- To reduce the infection to the partner and wife, and children

- Can receive support from counselors

- Be prepared to protect and take the health care and received an anti-retroviral drug, if you contracted.

- Can be sent to the care and support

If you reach sexual contact, condoms is the best choice for you to protect you from sexually transmitted infection and pregnancy

How to use condoms effectively

Several examples of the responsibility for sex

Youth should know to ask you that:

- Why do I have a sexual intercourse in this time?

- What do I think about it the future?

- Is it right or wrong for me to have sex?

- What happens after I have sex?

- What does it happen to me if my parents know?

- How much clear do I know my partner?

- How long have I had a relationship with them?

- Did we talk about the relationship or sex before?

- How can we face the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy accidentally?

Where and how can I find information on HIV and my blood test and protect me from HIV and AIDS?

Until now, the National Center to Fight AIDS, STD, Dermatology, together with the national authorities to Fight AIDS, and expand up to 234 places for blood test service and 64 places for anti-retroviral drug throughout province and town.

You can find information:

- In the hospital or health center with a Red Ribbon

- Or phone 012 999 008 or 012 999 009 (Association of Indu)

Translated from Khmer by Ty Theavy