Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Myths & Misconception Among Young on Sex & HIV/ AIDS – An Overview

Dr. A. Thomas William

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In India there are lots of barriers for parents, youth and teens to talk and confer about sex as ours is a culturally and religiously dominant nation. Studies on sexuality and sex myth are gaining momentum these days due to the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS. A lot of myths are generated due to lack of autonomy for gaining knowledge and these myths and misconceptions play a major role in understanding the sexuality erroneously. In order to identify and classify various myths on sexuality and HIV prevailing among the community this initiative was undertaken. Case studies, Key Informant interviews and FGD’s were employed. The myths and misconceptions identified are classified into sexuality, pregnancy, myth–prevent, myth–spread and myth–cure. It is necessary to give a basic knowledge in the form of awareness programme to eradicate myth on sex among youth involving various stakeholders through Openness in communication, discuss the issues with parents, Sex education, Research and Training which could prevent youth entering into HIV/AIDS arena and more than that this research opens up avenues for future empirical researches with adolescents, youth, rural population, girls and other productive groups in the field to get the real picture.

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Dr. A. Thomas William Myths & Misconception Among Young on Sex & HIV/ AIDS – An Overview Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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