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Abstienence Club |
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ABSTIENENCE FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS  Young people are the most important asset to any community or nation
Protect youth is one of the most important missions of emergency plan
Encourage to practice abstinence until they established a lifetime monogamous relationship
For those who have initiated sexual activity, returning to abstinence must be primary message of prevention
Intervention promotes dignity and self worth of the individuals
Abstinence Abstinence focused messages are given to unmarried individuals to abstain from sexual activity till marriage as the best and only certain way to protect themselves for exposure for HIV including STI Internationally, number of programs have proven successful in increasing abstinence until marriage, delaying first sex, andachieving ‘secondary abstinence’ – returning to abstinence – among sexually experienced youth Abstinence focused message promotes the following: Abstaining form sexual activity as the most effective and only certain way to avoid HIV infection
The development of skills for practicing abstinence
The importance of abstinence in eliminating the risk of HIV transmission among unmarried individuals
The decision of unmarried individuals to delay sexual debut until marriage; and
The adoption of social and community norms that support delaying sex until marriage
Be faithful Be faithful focused messages will enc0ourage individuals to practice fidelity in marriage
Promote changes in behavior related to fidelity n marriage, monogamous relationships, and reducingthe number of sexual partners among sexual active persons |
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Program Officer: Mr. JAYABRABU, M.C.A., M.Phil.,Lecturer
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