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Article: SAFE-SEX CLASSES TIED TO CUT IN HIV INFECTION RATES
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 19, 1998
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BOB GROVES, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-19-1998
SAFE-SEX CLASSES TIED TO CUT IN HIV INFECTION RATES
By BOB GROVES, Staff Writer
Date: 06-19-1998, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 2 Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Men and women who took classes in safe sex and HIV prevention cut
their high-risk behavior in half, doubled their use of condoms, and
greatly reduced their chances of contracting AIDS, according to a
national study by a Rutgers University psychologist and other
researchers.
With no vaccine in sight for HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS --
behavior modification "is certainly the only weapon we have to prevent
the spread" of the disease, said ...