Condoms, needles, and negotiation
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Condoms, needles, and negotiation, also known as the CNN approach, is a harm reduction
approach to reducing the rate of transmission of sexually transmitted disease
s such as AIDS
through the use of safer sex and reducing the risks in intravenous drug use through the provision on clean needles.
In contrast with the abstinence, be faithful, use a condom
, or "ABC" approach to this problem, the "CNN" approach aims primarily at reducing the rate of transmission among high risk groups such as women in areas where women have low levels of social power, prostitutes and their clients, and intravenous drug users.
Harm reduction
Harm reduction refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities...
approach to reducing the rate of transmission of sexually transmitted disease
Sexually transmitted disease
Sexually transmitted disease , also known as a sexually transmitted infection or venereal disease , is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex...
s such as AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
through the use of safer sex and reducing the risks in intravenous drug use through the provision on clean needles.
In contrast with the abstinence, be faithful, use a condom
Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom
Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, also known as the ABC strategy or abstinence-plus sex education, also known as abstinence-based sex education, is a sex education policy based on harm reduction which modifies the approach of abstinence-only sex education by including education about safe sex...
, or "ABC" approach to this problem, the "CNN" approach aims primarily at reducing the rate of transmission among high risk groups such as women in areas where women have low levels of social power, prostitutes and their clients, and intravenous drug users.