Document 1183
 DOCN  M94A1183
 TI    How to speak about sexuality in the school in Morroco?
 DT    9412
 AU    Imane L; el Bernoussi S; Haddad F; Derkaoui M; Verbeke R; Association
       Marocaine de Lutte Contre le SIDA, Morocco.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):19 (abstract no. 368D). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371392
 AB    OBJECTIVES: In April 1993, the ALCS has begin a KAP study among youth
       (15/20 years) in the public schools in five regions in Morocco. The main
       objective of this study is to define the contents and the presentation,
       of a school booklet on AIDS and STD's prevention. METHODS: The study is
       conducted among three populations: students, parents and teachers. The
       interviers have focus group sessions and individual interviews in which
       the main subject is how to speak and prevent AIDS and STD's among
       youth?. An other subject is how to speak about sexuality in school in
       arab and muslim context? RESULTS: Emerging from the preliminaries of
       this action that there is lack of communication between parents and
       youth specially on the sexual issues. Youth in their majority complain
       about the absence of sexual education on the school program. They feel
       very concerned by AIDS as adolescents and prefer to be informed at early
       age. The discourse of prevention should be focused on scientific facts
       and should respect the religious and the socio cultural context of
       Morocco. The promotion of condom is a very delicate point. For the
       majority of parents, the discourse of prevention should be focused on
       abstinence and religious facts only, but the students want to receive a
       clear and realistic information. CONCLUSION: It clearly appears with
       initiation of this action (the first in an arab-muslim country) that
       despite the opposition of some muslim fundamentalist specially among
       teachers, the majority of parents, youth and teachers nterviewed have
       expressed the necessity to develop a school program on sexual issues set
       on the new reality of Morocco.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Communication  Condoms/UTILIZATION  Human  Islam
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Morocco  *Pamphlets  Parent-Child
       Relations  Parents/*PSYCHOLOGY  Sex Education/*METHODS
       Students/*PSYCHOLOGY  Teaching  MEETING ABSTRACT

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