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| Sex disease fears over teenagers | Sex disease fears over teenagers |
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| Teenagers lack knowledge about condom use, the study suggests | |
| Nearly half of all under-25s do not use condoms with new partners, according to a new survey. | Nearly half of all under-25s do not use condoms with new partners, according to a new survey. |
| The report by the National Aids Trust also found that more than 200 young people questioned rarely or never used a condom. | The report by the National Aids Trust also found that more than 200 young people questioned rarely or never used a condom. |
| The finding has prompted the body to call on the government to introduce condom advertising on TV and radio before the nine o'clock watershed. | The finding has prompted the body to call on the government to introduce condom advertising on TV and radio before the nine o'clock watershed. |
| The Trust is also lobbying for condom awareness to form an essential part of compulsory education in all schools. | The Trust is also lobbying for condom awareness to form an essential part of compulsory education in all schools. |
| The call comes during National Condom Week. | The call comes during National Condom Week. |
| Wake-up call | Wake-up call |
| Deborah Jack, chief executive of the National Aids Trust, said: "In National Condom Week, the British public need a wake-up call on condom use. | Deborah Jack, chief executive of the National Aids Trust, said: "In National Condom Week, the British public need a wake-up call on condom use. |
| "Too many people don't know the basic facts on how condoms prevent a sexually transmitted infection such as HIV. | "Too many people don't know the basic facts on how condoms prevent a sexually transmitted infection such as HIV. |
| "Too many people are inconsistent in how they use condoms and too many people give up on condoms in a relationship without a health check-up, thus possibly harming their health or that of their sexual partner. | "Too many people are inconsistent in how they use condoms and too many people give up on condoms in a relationship without a health check-up, thus possibly harming their health or that of their sexual partner. |
| "We need to educate the whole population in the importance of condoms." | "We need to educate the whole population in the importance of condoms." |
| Sexual partner | Sexual partner |
| The Ipsos MORI survey suggests that 49% of Britons don't always use a condom with a new sexual partner. | The Ipsos MORI survey suggests that 49% of Britons don't always use a condom with a new sexual partner. |
| Some 24% of people questioned who had a new sexual partner within the last two years said they would only stop using a condom once they had both been tested for HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). | Some 24% of people questioned who had a new sexual partner within the last two years said they would only stop using a condom once they had both been tested for HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). |
| A further 17% said they would always use a condom. | A further 17% said they would always use a condom. |
| That leaves over half - 53% - putting themselves at risk of an STI when they stop using condoms in a relationship. | That leaves over half - 53% - putting themselves at risk of an STI when they stop using condoms in a relationship. |
| I'm seeing more Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and infections like HIV and Hepatitis Dr Anhoushka Hari Doctors say they're seeing more problems in their surgeries because of this. | I'm seeing more Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and infections like HIV and Hepatitis Dr Anhoushka Hari Doctors say they're seeing more problems in their surgeries because of this. |
| GP Anhoushka Hari told Newsbeat she's treating more and more people with STIs and has also seen an increase in accidental pregnancies. | GP Anhoushka Hari told Newsbeat she's treating more and more people with STIs and has also seen an increase in accidental pregnancies. |
| "I'm seeing more Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and infections like HIV and Hepatitis," she says. | "I'm seeing more Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and infections like HIV and Hepatitis," she says. |
| "A lot of these diseases are silent, so you can be carrying and transmitting one without having any signs of it at all." | "A lot of these diseases are silent, so you can be carrying and transmitting one without having any signs of it at all." |
| National Condom Week is taking place until 18 May. | National Condom Week is taking place until 18 May. |