STDs in LA County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame
LOS ANGELES - The teenagers tucked their hands into their sweatshirt pockets as they shuffled to form a circle. Some gazed at the asphalt, trying to avoid the game they had been drafted to play.
"It's like hot potato/musical chairs, but with a penis," said the girl leading the group.
The kids gathered on a spring morning in South Los Angeles were about to get a hands-on lesson in sex education.
Many health experts say that public health problems are best tackled outside the doctor's office - that fixing the culture that perpetuates them is more effective than changing a single patient's behavior. For sexual health, that means combating the stigma around
