The association Sidaction worries. According to an Ifop survey, published Monday, young people aged 15 to 24 (1,002 surveyed) have an increasingly limited knowledge of the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
And more and more of them are reactivating old prejudices: 24% think that the virus is transmitted by kissing an HIV-positive person (15% in 2020), 18% by drinking from another person’s glass.
Less protection
Paradoxically, the fear of AIDS is decreasing (63% against 72% in 2020) among young people. Almost half believe that their age group is less and less affected, which is not true. Only a third systematically uses a condom (- 9% compared to 2020).
At the same time, another survey carried out by Family Planning (and a condom company) indicates that nearly half of young people aged 12 to 25 cannot discuss sexuality or sex education with their parents.
In a context where sexually transmitted infections are on the rise, whether globally (the WHO sounded the alarm in 2019) or France, these trends are alarming.
Three days of Sidaction
For Sidaction, the Covid crisis, making other diseases invisible and saturating the media space, has a lot to do with it.
In 2020, the Sidaction was canceled due to a pandemic. A special evening, broadcast in June on France 2, had made it possible to collect 1.5 million euros in pledges. Three times less than Sidaction 2019. It is going well this year, from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 March 2021. Donations can be made by phone (free call to 110) or on sidaction.org.
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