title: What do school children and teachers in rural Maharashtra think of AIDS and sex?
abstract: This paper discusses findings on issues related to sex and AIDS based on focus-group discussions conducted among students and teachers in the rural areas of Maharashtra. Most students were not sure whether AIDS could affect them, or how it could be contracted; some standard IX girl students stated the need for sex education at early ages. Most teachers did not want to talk about sex or student sexual behaviour; they stressed moral issues.
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sureender
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guruswamy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D012736:Sex Education