Sex education and young people.
Popul Concern News
; (11): 2-3, 1996.
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PIP: Young people comprise up to 60% of Belize's total population of more than 200,000. Many of them have dropped out of school and simply loiter on the streets with little or nothing to do. The only nongovernmental organization in Belize providing family planning and sexual and reproductive health care services, the Belize Family Life Association (BFLA) is well aware of the many problems facing youth, such as AIDS, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, poverty, and gangs. In an effort to improve conditions for youth and to address their problems, the BFLA established a successful teen center in the Mesopotamia Area and the Belizean Youths with an Aim for Prosperity (BYAP), a project designed to foster and support entrepreneurship among a group comprised mainly of out-of-school at-risk youths. Population Concern is helping to fund reproductive health projects for youth in South Africa with the goal of reducing the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and unsafe abortion through reproductive health services and education. Young people are helping design the project by explaining their perceived needs to the project team. In Trinidad and Tobago, controversy followed the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago's (FPATT) recent launch of its annual Family Life Education Training program for teachers, while 2 recent hurricanes, unemployment, and illicit drug sales and use are some of the problems facing the Dominica Planned Parenthood Federation and Dominica's youth.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Adolescents; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Americas; Belize; Caribbean; Central America; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Dominica; Economic Factors; Education; English Speaking Africa; Needs; Nongovernmental Organizations; North America; Organizations; Population; Population Characteristics; Sex Education; South Africa; Southern Africa; Trinidad And Tobago; Youth
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação Sexual
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Organizações
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Adolescente
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Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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America central
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America do norte
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Belice
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Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Dominica
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Popul Concern News
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido