Towards adulthood
Subtitle: exploring the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in South Asia
By: edited by Sarah Bott ... [et al.].
Contributors: Bott, Sarah.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Preventive health services for teenagers -- South Asia.; Teenagers -- South Asia -- Sexual behavior.; Health behavior in adolescence -- South Asia.; Teenage pregnancy -- South Asia.; Birth control -- South Asia.; Sexual Behavior -- Adolescent -- Asia -- Congresses.; Reproductive Health Services -- Adolescent -- Asia -- Congresses.; Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Adolescent -- Asia -- Congresses.; Risk-Taking -- Adolescent -- Asia -- Congresses.; Adolescent Behavior -- Asia -- Congresses.; Adolescent Health Services -- Asia -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "The International Conference on Adolescent Reproductive Health ... was organised jointly by the Institute for Research in Reproduction, Mumbai, the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility and the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRO) of WHO's Department of Reproductive Health and Research ... [and] was held in Mumbai, India, in November 2000"--Page vii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: II. Inaugural presentations; title: III. Sexual and reproductive health of married adolescents; title: IV. Sexual risk behaviours, perceptions and norms among unmarried adolescents: evidence from case studies; title: V. Unwanted sex: sexual violence and coercion; title: VI. Meeting adolescents' needs for contraception; title: VII. The context of abortion among adolescents; title: VIII. Reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections; title: IX. Communication between adolescents and adults about sexual and reproductive health; title: X. Family life and sex education; title: XI. Building self-efficacy among adolescents; title: XII. Access to and quality of reproductive health services; title: XIII. Panel discussions: views of young people, governments, and interested agencies; title: XIV. Looking forward: recommendations of the conference; title: Annex 1. International Conference on Adolescent Reproductive Health: evidence and programme implications for South Asia: conference agenda.