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Youths Sexually Active Between 12
and 14 Years of Age, Study Shows
A report in today's edition of
the Spanish language newspaper
Al Día says that officials and
doctors of the Ministerio de
Educación Publica (MEP) are
concerned and alarmed that many
students between the ages of 12
and 14 are active sexually.
These are results of the study "Cuidarte
es quererte" done by the
Asociación Costarricense de
Gine-Obstetricia Infanto-Juvenil,
who interviewed 937 students in
private and public colleges in
February and March of this year.
The study reveals that 41% of
the students interviewed
admitted to being sexually
active when they were between 12
and 14 years of age.
Patricia Arce, in charge of
sexual education at the MEP,
admits that there many problems
with sexual education in the
schools. "We are now trying to
include sexual education as part
of values and have changed our
view point somewhat on the
subject," were the words of
Arce.
Arce added that another problem
is the poor training in sexual
education of some of the
teachers.
Some of the revealing
information contained in the
study:
- 96% believe that those who are
active sexually show have access
to contraceptives
- 93% were in agreement that
sexual education should form
part of the school curriculum
- 71% said they could identify a
sexually transmitted disease
- 43% said that best way to
prevent the spread of sexually
transmitted disease is through
abstinence
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