Population Reports articles from October 1995

Population Reports archives from October 1995

Meeting the needs of young adults. (sex and reproductive education for youth)
October 1, 1995... One-fifth of world population is between ages 10 and 19. Young people today marry later, and more start sex before marriage. Thus they face more risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In developing countries 20% to...

Growing numbers, diverse needs. (discussion of reproductive health and sexuality needs of today's world youth)
October 1, 1995... Young people ages 10 to 19 number more than 1 billion, comprise nearly one-fifth of the world population, and are growing in number. Virtually all of this growth is occuring in developing countries, with sub-Saharan Africa leading the way....

Do adults and youth have differing views? A case study in Kenya.
October 1, 1995... With 75% of the population under 25 years of age, Kenya faces a challenge addressing the problems and needs of a youthful population. To help guide programs and activities, in 1994 Johns Hopkins Population Communication Services conducted a...

Growth, change, and risk. (of sexually transmitted diseases and early pregnancy in international youth)
October 1, 1995... As a group, young people are among the healthiest members of their communities. Having survived infancy and early childhood diseases, they have the lowest mortality rates of any age group in both developed and developing countries (185,540). The...

It takes two: reaching out to boys as they become men. (meeting the reproductive health needs of boys and young men)
October 1, 1995... Young men have been largely left out of efforts to address the health and social consequences of early sexual intercourse. Girls receive most of the attention, whether positive, in the form of programs and services, or negative, in the form of...

Overview of programs for young adults. (reproductive health programs)
October 1, 1995... Reproductive health programs are increasingly aware of young adults' needs, but most efforts so far have been small and isolated. Family planning programs began and continue with a focus on married women, a large group with an obvious need for...

Where do young people learn about sex?
October 1, 1995... Parents, policy-makers, and program managers debate whether schools should teach young people about sex and reproduction or should leave that to families. Meanwhile, young men and women around the world say that they learn about sex not from...

Evaluation findings. (on youth sex education programs)(includes related information)
October 1, 1995... Formal evaluations find that most programs for young adults can increase their knowledge about reproductive health and foster positive attitudes towards healthy behavior (see Table 10). To go further and reduce unsafe behavior, programs need not...

Winning support from the community and young adults. (for implementation of youth reproductive health programs)
October 1, 1995... For reproductive health programs addressed to young adults, two challenges loom especially large. They must persuade the community to support their activities, and they must convince their intended clients that protecting their health is...

Contraceptive choices for sexually active young adults.
October 1, 1995... If they are sexually active, young people need to use effective contraceptives to avoid unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortion. Many sexually active young people do not have a mutually monogamous relationship and so need to use condoms to...

Lessons learned: ten tips for serving young adults. (tailoring reproductive health programs for each audience)
October 1, 1995... 1 Identify and assess your audience. Early efforts to serve I young adults assumed that this group was homogeneous--and that adult professionals knew what was best for them. Both assumptions proved faulty. There are profound differences among...

What can be done? (how to communicate with youth about reproductive health)
October 1, 1995... Parents can... * Make sure that they themselves are well-informed about reproductive health matters; * Talk with their children about reproductive health and sexual responsibility and answer all their questions fully and accurately; * Listen...

Female genital mutilation: a reproductive health concern.
October 1, 1995... Female genital mutilation (FGM) encompasses a number of traditional operations that involve cutting away parts of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genitals, whether for cultural or any other nontherapeutic reason (534)....

Reaching young adults through entertainment.
October 1, 1995... YOUNG PEOPLE love mass-media entertainment--radio, television, music, videos, film, comic books, and more. The entertainment media love young people, too; much of mass-media entertainment is aimed at young adults, who, even in many developing...

Communicating with youth? Ask the Media/Materials Clearinghouse. (Johns Hopkins Center)
October 1, 1995... The Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC) at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs welcomes requests for examples of communication materials for young people. The M/MC offers access to a continually growing collection of pamphlets,...