Smoking scenes double in youth movies
New research has found a considerable increase in the number of smoking scenes in youth-rated movies, putting it at the same levels as a decade ago.
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Smoke-free movies: from evidence to action
World Health Organisation (WHO) released the second edition of the smoke-free movies report. It underlines the fact that, in some countries, many of the youth-rated films that contain tobacco imagery are the recipients of significant government production subsidies.
School’s success story in sex education
In 1998 the Department of Education started a sex education pilot programme in public schools to teach young people about the dangers of unprotected sex and the need for responsible sexual behaviour. In South Africa, statistics show that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is more rife among the youth from age 15 to 25. Last year, the Department of Education formally introduced the Sex Education Programme, as part of the Life Skills Project in schools. Harry Gwala High School, in the Western Cape is one of the few schools that is implementing the project. This audio report in Sesotho and English.
SAHR 2019: The relationship between South Africa’s youth and healthcare
Young people make up about a third of the country's population, but healthcare services are not designed for their needs.
SA’s TB Epidemic: Turning hope into healing
Read More »SA’s TB Epidemic: Turning hope into healingSA youth in denial about HIV risk
More than 60 percent of youth who tested HIV positive in the largest survey
ever of South Africans aged between 15 and 24 said that they believed that
they were at low risk of contracting the virus.
Rural Youth Saving Lives
Tomorrow on Special Assignment, Health-e brings you the inspiring story of a builder and a taxi-driver who overcame the impossible and dedicated their lives to saving others.
Rural youth offers a lifeline to depressed teens
LIMPOPO – The many young women of Vhembe that are abused or traumatised and end up either keeping their pain to themselves or committing suicide now have someone keen to help them.
Rolling with the punches
WATCH: how boxing empowers Johannesburg's under-resourced youth
Risky Business ‘€“ SA Youth and HIV/AIDS
The largest representative survey of South African youth aged between 15 and
24 shows that by the age of 23, one in five South African youth are HIV
positive. The research also confirms findings from the government's 2002
ante-natal clinic survey as well as the HSRC survey of 2002 that HIV
prevalence in this age group appears to be stabilizing.
Rehab on the cards for rural addicts
LIMPOPO - The recent rise in drug abuse amongst youth in Vhembe district, and a lack of facilities to assist those who are addicted and wants to quit is the main cause behind high rates of rapes, robberies and school drop-outs.
Rape in male prisons goes unreported Living with AIDS # 327
A new study looking at violence and sexual aggression in a Gauteng youth male correctional facility shows that many prison rapes go unreported. This makes HIV infection among rape survivors a real threat.
Protecting youth at risk
The growing problem of drug dependency and alcoholism among youth worldwide is well documented. At the 10th World Congress of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency held recently in Cape Town, several presentations focused on how to protect teenagers from dangerous choices. A crucial element it seems, is in meaningful relationships between adults and children.
Plying youth with alcohol Living with AIDS # 436
Yesterday the country observed Youth Day, a day that has a history steeped in our oppressive political past. Today, South African youth have a plethora of challenges, politics not being at the top of the list. In this report we look at alcohol'€™s easy access to the youth and how it impacts their health and lives.
People who are like you can help you Living with AIDS # 492
In last week'€™s Living with AIDS feature, we heard from two university students how HIV can affect the youth. This week, we hear how joining a support group of similar people could unlock the lonely and fearful world that young people suddenly find themselves in upon discovering that they have HIV.