TABLE OF CONTENTS A. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS AMONG ADOLESCENTS--NEARLY 9,000 YOUNG ADULTS ALREADY DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS AIDS Cases Among Youth Rising Quickly Heterosexual Transmission More Common Among Youth, Smaller Propor- Females and Minorities Represent Greater Proportion of Cases of AIDS Percent of Sexually Active Adolescent Males Also Rising Many Youth Report Multiple Sexual Partners One in Six Teens Affected by a Sexually Transmitted Disease Each Year, Prevalence of STDs Serves as Proxy for Sexual Risk Taking Among Condom Use Increased During 1980s, Yet Many Adolescents Remain Unprotected From HIV and Other STDs Homosexual Behavior May Be More Common in Teens than Previously Anal Intercourse Is Practiced By Heterosexual Adolescent Partners Nearly One Million Teens Exchange Sex for Food, Shelter, Money, or Drug Use Prevalent Among Teens, Associated with Risky Sexual LESSONS FROM TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION APPLY No Single Solution: Education, Communication with Adults, Skills 64 SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado, Chairwoman GEORGE MILLER, California MATTHEW F. MCHUGH, New York BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California LANE EVANS, Illinois RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BILL SARPALIUS, Texas TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JIM BACCHUS, Florida DOUGLAS "PETE" PETERSON, Florida ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas JAMES T. WALSH, New York RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island BOB MCEWEN, Ohio MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida SCOTT L. KLUG, Wisconsin RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsylvania DAVE CAMP, Michigan FRANK D. RIGGS, California BILL BARRETT, Nebraska (Vacancy) COMMITTEE STAFF KARABELLE PIZZIGATI, Staff Director CAROL M. STATUTO, Minority Deputy Staff Director |