Youths Urged To Celebrate Valentine's Day Correctly

[Jai Dee]

BMA urges youths to celebrate Valentine correctly

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) urges teenagers to celebrate Valentine’s Day by take caring of their health and protecting themselves from AIDS.

BMA deputy permanent secretary Manoj Leethochavalit said the BMA has prepared AIDS protection campaigns on Valentine’s Day (Feb 14) at the Royal Golden Jubilee Building. The campaigns will educate youths and teenagers to correctly understand the value of love and the ways to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.

Even though sexual education has been provided to Thai students, the number of teenagers with AIDS disease has risen. According to the BMA Medical Patient Report from 1984 to 2007, 50 percent of general patients aged between 20 and 34 years in Bangkok are AIDS patients. The report also stated that 34,565 of those patients are youths and teenagers.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together with the Ministry of Public Health have supported six projects in Thailand to campaign against AIDS from 2007 to 2012. New AIDS patients have been found in 45 districts of Bangkok. 12 are in Bang Kor Laem, 11 in Bang Kapi, and 10 in Phra Kanong and Jatujak.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 06 February 2007

[LaoPo]

Thailand:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

570,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

58,000 (2003 est.)

source:

CIA worldbook of facts.

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbo.../th.html#People

LaoPo

Edited February 6, 2007 by LaoPo

[taxexile]

50 percent of general patients aged between 20 and 34 years in Bangkok are AIDS patients

WHAT !!!!!

[Ijustwannateach]

^This must either be mistaken or one of the most despicable abuses of statistics I've seen in a long time.

[devildog683]

seems a story like this comes out this time every year

[leisurely]

Why would anyone want to celebrate valentines day? It is a total rip off and just blatent commercialism. Even my six year old knows what it is. GRRRRRR

[Prakanong]

^This must either be mistaken or one of the most despicable abuses of statistics I've seen in a long time.

I agree - they must qualify that statement by saying public hospitals or something.

[Jai Dee]

CEBF indicates that people still give importance to Valentine's Day

The Center for Economic and Business Forecasting (CEBF) under the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce indicated that many people still give credit to Valentine’s Day.

Mr. Thanawan Polwichai (ธนวรรธน์ พลวิชัย), the CEBF director-general, said that CEBE conducted a research asking the public opinion of spending behavior on Valentine’s Day. The research asked opinions from 1,222 people nationwide. Teenage under 18 years give the highest importance to the Valentine’s Day by 86.4 percent, while working people give the importance to the day by 10.8 percent.

In addition, the majority of people, 67.2 percent, views that there is no need to hold a celebration for the day.

As for the present for the Valentine’s Day, flower is still popular among people, second by chocolate, dolls, and cards.

23-29-year-old people reportedly spend hugest money for the day.

People views that Valentine’s Day in this year will be vivid rather than the last year.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 06 February 2007

[Scott]

I wonder if the short time rooms will be uping their rates for the day!

[Jai Dee]

Thai youth: Clever, constructive... copulating

Valentine’s Day is traditionally a time when love is in the air, but according to officials at Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO), young love is too often finding its way under the sheets.

PPHO Chief Dr Wanchai Satthayawuthipong said that as Valentine’s Day is a time of high risk for youths losing their virginity and contracting STDs, his office will hold educational campaigns at schools throughout the province in the week leading up to the day of love.

Citing a 2005 survey on risky behavior among teens in Bangkok, the office reported that 29% of youths between 15 and 24 years old have had sex, while 7.5% intentionally have sex on Valentine’s Day.

The study also found an increase in STDs, such as gonorrhea, among teenagers and called for more sexual education throughout the country.

The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Thai youth: Clever, constructive, and protecting against sexually contracted diseases and Aids”.

Source: Phuket Gazette - 7 February 2007

[TAWP]

Citing a 2005 survey on risky behavior among teens in Bangkok, the office reported that 29% of youths between 15 and 24 years old have had sex, while 7.5% intentionally have sex on Valentine’s Day.

As the sentence is written now it says that 71% of youths between 15 and 24 are virgins.