Adolescents are one of the fastest-growing populations of HIV-positive people. Yet many teens—-due to their inexperience, their lack of assertiveness skills, and their feelings of invincibility—-are not making wise choices. Viewers are introduced to six youths who recently tested positive for HIV. In their own words we learn how they got infected, and how it could have been avoided. The program then details how HIV is transmitted and the behaviors associated with infection. Viewers learn that some of these HIV-positive young people continued having unprotected sex without telling others of their HIV status. They emphasize that you can't trust that someone is HIV negative simply because they tell you so. The program concludes with urgent advice for today's uninfected teens: abstinence and never using IV drugs are the only 100 percent safe ways to avoid HIV.
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~ "Exemplary Rating" - California Institute of Technology Clearinghouse
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~ Bronze Apple - National Educational Media Network
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