Using a quasi-experimental, pre-post test, two groups design, this study sought to examine the effectiveness of a youth-led educational program on sexual and reproductive health for Thai early adolescents. The sample consisted of 169 students from two primary schools in a northern province of Thailand. Students from one school (n=80) were assigned to the experimental group, while students from ...

OBJECTIVES We sought to understand how young bisexual women in Toronto perceive their sexual and reproductive health needs, the challenges to achieving those needs, and the factors contributing both positively and negatively to their sexual and reproductive health. METHODS We conducted a community-based research project that included an advisory committee of young bisexual women, academic par...

BACKGROUND The Philippines has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and recently passed domestic legislation protecting the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disability. However women in the Philippines continue to report barriers to sexual and reproductive health services, and there is limited empirical evidence available to inform polic...

BACKGROUND Interest in the reproductive health of adolescents continues to grow throughout the world. Few studies had explored the reproductive health knowledge, sexual behavior and experience of sexual coercion among secondary school students in North Eastern states of Nigeria. The objectives of this descriptive survey were to collect data to plan appropriate interventions that meet the reprod...

BACKGROUND Despite a number of programs aimed at the transfer of reproductive health information, adolescents in Zimbabwe still face unprecedented reproductive challenges. OBJECTIVES The study sought to explore adolescent girls' knowledge of their sexual and reproductive health; the factors that influence their sexual behaviors and to determine the extent to which adolescents had access to se...

OBJECTIVE To describe sexual and reproductive health among women in Accra and explore the burden of sexual and reproductive ill health among this urban population. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS We analysed data from the WHSA-II (n=2814), a cross-sectional household survey on women's health, and supplemental data from an in-depth survey (n=400), focus groups discussions (n=22) and in...

INTRODUCTION Many women living with HIV can have safe, healthy and satisfying sexual and reproductive health, but there is still a long way to go for this to be a reality, especially for the most vulnerable amongst them who face repeated violations of their rights. DISCUSSION The contributions in this Supplement from researchers, clinicians, programme managers, policy makers, and women living...

Fertility preservation and sexual health are increasingly important as more young cancer patients survive their disease. Our aims were to describe the frequency with which reproductive and sexual health discussions occur, and to identify clinical factors associated with these discussions. Medical records of patients aged 20-39 diagnosed with solid tumors from 2008-2010 who survived ≥2 years wer...

Introduction: Many women living with HIV can have safe, healthy and satisfying sexual and reproductive health, but there is still a long way to go for this to be a reality, especially for the most vulnerable amongst them who face repeated violations of their rights. Discussion: The contributions in this Supplement from researchers, clinicians, programme managers, policy makers, and women living...