... institutions such as health care and education, conceptualize and
approach adolescent sexuality.
Dutch and U.S. Parents and Teenagers
A qualitative interview study (Schalet, 2000; Schalet, 2004), ... methods than are
their American peers. As noted, they are less likely to be poor and they
have greater access to sexual and reproductive health care services. Dutch
po...
... use a standard script for introducing
and discussing sexual health with an adolescent
patient. For example, a clinician can begin by saying,
“As a standard part of doing a health
assessment, I ask ... the
ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN CANADA:
A REPORT CARD IN 2004
SIECCAN
The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Ca...
...
and in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment
Kenya To save a woman’s life
Rwanda
To save a woman’s life and to preserve
her physical health
Tanzania To save a woman’s life
Uganda To save ... In East Africa
Maternal Health
continued…
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (Ethiopia 2005, Kenya 2003,
Rwanda 2005, Tanzania 2004, and Uganda 2006).
• Because many pregna...
... Open Hearing?
The New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development
(NZPPD) provides a forum for New Zealand parliamentarians to engage and
act on international population and ... are sexual and reproductive health and rights?
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is a phrase used to
encompass fundamental human rights relati...
... Social
Research (Uganda); Kofi Awusabo-Asare and Akwasi
Kumi-Kyereme, University of Cape Coast (Ghana);
Alex Ezeh, African Population and Health Research
Center (Kenya); and Pav Govindasamy, Albert
Themme, ... responsibilities regarding
adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
Malawi: Political and Historical Background
Malawi is a small landlocked country located in s...
... coercion, sexual
violence, sexual abuse, commercial sex
work, sexual initiation and sexual debut.
Also: sexual partners, multiple partners,
sexual health, reproductive health,
adolescent, ... more
likely to have an earlier sexual initiation
(5 out of 5 studies).
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Note...
... Uganda also has a national action plan for
women and a minimum package for sexual and reproductive health, both
of which have sections devoted to adolescents.
Zambia
In December 1997, the Zambian ... Sexual and Reproductive Health
– the drafting of national policy guidelines for adolescent and youth
health.
e national policy guidelines for adolescent...
... calculated as: EARR = (100 x EAC) / (EAC + EANH +
EAP + EAR + PEAR + EAPC + EAI + EAO)
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive
Health in Ghana:
Results ... Konyani, Centre for Social Research
(Malawi); Eliya Zulu, Nyovani Madise and Alex Ezeh,
African Population and Health Research Center
(Kenya); and Susheela Sin...
... Uganda also has a national action plan for
women and a minimum package for sexual and reproductive health, both
of which have sections devoted to adolescents.
Zambia
In December 1997, the Zambian ... Sexual and Reproductive Health
– the drafting of national policy guidelines for adolescent and youth
health.
e national policy guidelines for adolescent...
... “Counseling and
Caring for an HIV-Positive Woman.” In Cook, Dickens and Fathalla, Reproductive Health and Human
Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law, Oxford, 2003. The book is available in Spanish ... empowerment and training that are very good and help us to live
more healthily by changing habits, behavior, [and] attitudes and [acquiring] skills
that are very...