Without Sex Education
Exploring the social and sexual vulnerabilities of rural Bangladeshi girls and boys
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19515742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Cash, Hashima-E-Nasreen Hashima-E-Nasreen, Ayesha Aziz (0000-0003-4384-9605), Abbas Bhuiya (0000-0001-9032-8760), A Mushtaque R Chowdhury, Rajiv Chowdhury (0000-0003-4881-5690), Sadia Chowdhury (0000-0003-4287-7073) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 219-233 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sex Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1811 • E-ISSN: 1472-0825 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14681810120080622 |
| OpenAlex | W2102781643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1997, two organizations, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) and ICDDR,B (International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research), as part of their collaborative research model, developed an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy for rural Bangladeshi youth. Currently, HIV/AIDS is not apparent in rural Bangladesh. Other sexual and reproductive health problems are more pressing. Moreover, there are few inor out-of-school sex education programs for adolescents in Bangladesh. Therefore, preliminary qualitative research was conducted to understand the broad parameters of sexual and reproductive health within the sociocultural context of young people's risks and vulnerabilities. Exploratory research revealed that youth were vulnerable to sexual diseases, late-term abortions, sexual violence, reproductive tract infections, and premarital pregnancies. Adolescents and adults thought that youth today need sex education. Adults said that youth should not be educated about condom use because this would conflict with a girl's prospects for an arranged marriage. Bangladeshi youth today are being exposed to experiences unfamiliar to their parents. Lacking appropriate knowledge, information and awareness about sexual and reproductive health unduly heightens young people's fears, and increases their social and sexual vulnerabilities
Condom · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Girl · Human sexuality · Population · Premarital sex · Reproductive health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
Knowledge on, Attitude towards, and Practice of Sexual and Reproductive Health among Older Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
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From missing to misdirected
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |