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What do school children and teachers in rural Maharashtra think of AIDS and sex?

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Verma, Ravi K
Sureender, S
Guruswamy, M

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Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University

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This paper discusses findings on issues related to sex and AIDS based on focus-group discussions conducted among students and teachers in the rural areas of Maharashtra. Most students were not sure whether AIDS could affect them, or how it could be contracted; some standard IX girl students stated the need for sex education at early ages. Most teachers did not want to talk about sex or student sexual behaviour; they stressed moral issues.

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