Improving the Fit

Adolescents' Needs and Future Programs for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID10797693
AuthorsJane Hughes (0000-0002-6158-1211, Rockefeller Foundation, corresponding author), Ann P Mccauley
Year1998
Volume29
Issue2
Pages233
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/172161
PMID9664634
OpenAlexW2057984622
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited5

Demand is growing in developing countries for sexual and reproductive health programs for young people. However, little scientifically based evidence exists about which program approaches are most effective in shaping healthy behaviors. Careful evaluation and research must be increased, but meanwhile, planners need guidance as they expand programming. Research indicates that current programs often do not match the needs and health-seeking behaviors of young people. Behavioral theories and expert opinion agree that adolescents must be taught generic and health-specific skills necessary for adopting healthy behaviors. Constraints on financial and human resources, coupled with the great size of the youth population, highlight the need to find less costly ways to reach young people. These observations generate six programming principles to help planners and communities experiment with a wide variety of programming approaching

Adolescent health · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Medical education · Political science · Population · Public relations · Reproductive health · Resource (disambiguation · Variety (cybernetics · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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