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A never-before opportunity to strengthen investment and action on adolescent contraception, and what we must do to make full use of it.

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اقرأ على الانترنت اقرأ أكثر حفظ في قائمتي
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101224380 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1742-4755 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17424755 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Reprod Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, 2004-
    • الموضوع:
      Contraception Behavior* ; Health Services Accessibility*; Adolescent Health Services/*legislation & jurisprudence ; Pregnancy in Adolescence/*prevention & control; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Reproductive Health Services ; Sex Education
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Increasingly, the health and rights of adolescents are being recognized and prioritized on the global agenda. This presents us with a "never-before" opportunity to address adolescent contraception. This is timely, as there are enormous numbers of adolescents who are currently unable to obtain and use contraceptives. From research evidence and programmatic experience, it is clear that we need to do things differently to meet their needs/fulfil their rights.
      Main Body: In this commentary, we call for action in several key areas to address adolescents' persistent inability to obtain and use contraceptives. We must move away from one-size-fits-all approaches, from a 'condoms-only' mind set, from separate services for adolescents, from ignoring the appeal of pharmacies and shops, and from one-off-training to make health workers adolescent friendly. Our efforts to expand access to quality contraceptive services to adolescents must be combined with efforts to build their desire and ability to use them, and to do so consistently. In order for these changes to be made, action must be taken on several levels. This includes the formulation of sound national policies and strategies, robust programme implementation with monitoring, regular programmatic reviews, and implementation research. Further, high-quality collection, analysis, and dissemination of data must underlie all of our efforts. As we move ahead, we must also recognize and draw lessons from positive examples of large scale and sustained programmes in countries that have led the way in increasing contraceptive use by adolescents.
      Conclusion: This unprecedented moment in history gives us a real opportunity to bring about transformational change, particularly when there is so much at stake.
    • Comments:
      Comment in: Reprod Health. 2018 Jan 30;15(1):18. (PMID: 29382389)
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    • Grant Information:
      001 International WHO_ World Health Organization
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Adolescent health; Adolescent health services; Adolescent pregnancy; Contraceptive availability; Contraceptive distribution; Family planning; Reproductive health; Sexual health; Sustainable development goals
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20170722 Date Completed: 20180523 Latest Revision: 20220310
    • الموضوع:
      20231215
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC5520341
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/s12978-017-0347-9
    • الرقم المعرف:
      28728586