Adolescent health issues

knowledge on reproductive health issues among the unmarried adolescent girls

objective: to assess the level of knowledge of the adolescent girls regarding reproductive health issues. materials and methods: a cross sectional descriptive type of study was carried out among 150 unmarried adolescent girls of vashantek slum in dhaka city by face to face interview using a semistructured questionnaire from january to june 2008. results: the mean age of the respondents were 16....

Adolescent Pregnancy: A Health Challenge

Every year, some 3.9 million girls aged 15 to 19 years undergo unsafe abortions (1). Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and 2.5 million girls under 16 years give birth each year in developing regions (2, 3). Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally (4). Adolescent mothers (ages 10 to 19 years) face higher r...

ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH Adolescent sexual health in Sweden

In Sweden, society’s attitudes towards teenage sexual relationships are liberal, and sexual and reproductive health issues are given high priority. Family and sex education has been taught in schools since the 1950s. The age of sexual consent is 15 years. Since 1975, abortion has been free on demand. Contraceptive counselling is free, easily available at family planning and youth health clinics...

Key Issues & Concerns of Adolescent Students

Ethical issues in child and adolescent psychiatry.

This paper concerns the special ethical problems in child and adolescent psychiatry which relate to the child as a developing being. Two themes are discussed--the sense of responsibility in the child, and the therapist's responsibility towards the child. As a background to understanding the former, ideas on moral and cognitive development are reviewed. The therapist's responsibility is discusse...