SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado, Chairwoman GEORGE MILLER, California FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania TED WEISS, New York LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas JAMES T. WALSH, New York BARBARA BOXER, California RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan BOB MCEWEN, Ohio J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota SCOTT L. KLUG, Wisconsin ALAN WHEAT, Missouri RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsylvania MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California DAVE CAMP, Michigan LANE EVANS, Illinois FRANK D. RIGGS, California RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BILL BARRETT, Nebraska (Vacancy) COMMITTEE STAFF JILL KAGAN, Deputy Staff Director 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- tion of AIDS Cases in Youth Related to Injecting Drug Use ....... Females and Minorities Represent Greater Proportion of Cases of AIDS in Youth ............................................. AIDS Cases Among Teens and Young Adults Reported in 49 States and Intercourse Dropping ................................... 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 Youth ............................................. Condom Use Increased During 1980s, Yet Many Adolescenis Remain Unprotected From HIV and Other STDs ..................... Homosexual Behavior May Be More Common in Teens than Previously Thought............................................ Anal Intercourse Is Practiced By Heterosexual Adolescent Partners ...... Nearly One Million Teens Exchange Sex for Food, Shelter, Money, or SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana MATTHEW F. McHUGH, New York CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania TED WEISS, New York LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas JAMES T. WALSH, New York BARBARA BOXER, California RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan BOB MCEWEN, Ohio MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida RICHARD JOHN SANTORUM, Pennsylvania MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California DAVE CAMP, Michigan LANE EVANS, Illinois FRANK D. RIGGS, California RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BILL BARRETT, Nebraska (Vacancy) COMMITTEE STAFF KARABELLE PIZZIGATI, Staff Director JILL KAGAN, Deputy Staff Director |