Topic > Understanding Sexuality Education: Importance and Impact

A strong argument has been made for comprehensive HIV and AIDS education in schools (National Commission on AIDS, 1994). Fontanilla (2003) listed some needs and significance of sexual education, including the incidence of unmarried pregnancies and the continuous increase in sexually transmitted diseases, especially AIDS. According to Edlin (1994), the human immunodeficiency virus or simply HIV is the virus that causes AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. However, some people deny that AIDS is caused by HIV. It should be clearly understood that established researchers are aware that HIV causes AIDS (Nevid et al., 2002). AIDS is defined by Ticzon (1994) as a virus that destroys the immune system, making the body defenseless against all infections and some tumors. He also explained that it will take 10 years for a person to develop AIDS from the time they are infected with HIV. Fontanilla (2003) described that a person cannot tell if he has AIDS simply by looking at his appearance, rather it has common symptoms such as severe weight loss and fatigue. There is also a huge possibility that certain tumors will develop, especially Kaposi's sarcoma. From this information, AIDS is a serious disease that must be addressed immediately and understood by many so that it does not come