Before it's too late
Subtitle: Pacific experiences addressing adolescent reproductive health.
Contributors: United Nations Population Fund.; Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Suva, Fiji
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Sex instruction for teenagers -- Islands of the Pacific; Teenagers -- Islands of the Pacific -- Sexual behavior; Reproductive health -- Islands of the Pacific
Other titles: Pacific experiences addressing adolescent reproductive health
Description: The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, determined that the reproductive health needs of adolescents were largely ignored by extant reproductive health services, and issued a call to address the needs of this group. In response to the global call, various agencies and partners set out to create educational and assistance programs that would result in the improvement of adolescent reproductive health in the Pacific region. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Foundation (UNF) provided support to create a regional Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) Project, which addresses adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in the Pacific region. UNFPA determined that it is at this critical juncture in young people's lives that attitudes, beliefs and values regarding sexuality and reproduction are forged, determining lifelong behavior patterns and outlooks.
Notes: Foreword by Najib M. Assifi, Jimmie Rodgers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45).