N. Shore teens not getting AIDS message, nurse says

FACT: MANY adolescents on the North Shore believe they know about AIDS.

By Elizabeth Collings News Reporter

Fiction: Most adolescents will use that information to protect themselves from the disease.

In fact, many young people are not putting the theory they learn at schoo! about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) into practice during their extra-cur- ricular activities, suys Joan Rousseau, a cominunity health nurse with North Shore Health's community preventive program.

“There is this belief that teenagers see themselves as im- mune, immortal and infertile and

it’s a real challenge to get beyond

that belief,*’ says Rousseau.

Rousseau is one of 25 nurses on the North Shore who travels to local secondary and elementary schools working to overcome such misconceptions, The nurses educate adolescents and children on several health issues, including AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Within the family life program, North Shore students in Grades 7 to 10 receive approximately 10 hours of education about STDs,

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