YOUTH SUBJECTIVITIES AND STI/HIV-AIDS PREVENTION POLICIES

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ABSTRACT
YOUTH IS A SOCIO-HISTORICAL CATEGORY WHICH HAS GAINED RELEVANCE IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES. ITS DEFINITION BEARS THE MARK OF DIVERSITY; IT IS A POLYSEMOUS CONCEPT. ACCORDING TO UNO-ECLAC (2007), YOUNGSTERS CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT HUMAN GROUP ACCOUNTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 37% OF THE IBERO- AMERICAN POPULATION, INCLUDING THE GROUP BETWEEN 15 AND 24 YEARS OF AGE. LIKEWISE, THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY THEIR LIVING
CONTEXT AND TIME WHICH QUALIFIES AND DISTINGUISHES THEIR GROWTH AND MATURATION EVOLUTION. LIKE OTHER HUMAN GROUPS, THEY ARE DIVERSE AND UNIQUE. THEY REPRESENT A COMPLEX LIFE PERIOD DEMANDING TRANSDISCIPLINE RESEARCH AND MULTISECTORIAL EDUCATION AND PREVENTION WORK. SUBJECTIVITIES REFER TO THE INTERPRETATIONS MADE BY YOUTH ON
THE REALITY SURROUNDING THEM. THERE IS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE DIFFICULTIES PRESENT IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. THOUGH THE CURRENT IMPACT CAN BE CONSIDERED POSITIVE IN GENERAL, IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT A LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD HAD TO BE TRAVERSED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE CLOSE INTEGRATION OF EVERYONE IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL SPACES WITH THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING THE
PROGRESS AND SENSITIZATION OF THE POPULATION AT LARGE, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE ONES, TO ATTAIN INCREASINGLY RESPONSIBLE, HEALTHY AND FULL SEXUAL CONDUCTS.

KEY WORDS: YOUTH, SUBJECTIVITIES, PREVENTION POLICIES