Community support services related to sexual health

Metrics details. Research that explores how community-based interventions for strengthening adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights SRHR can be integrated and sustained in community health systems, is, to the best of our knowledge, very scarce, if not absent. This realist evaluation protocol will contribute to this knowledge in Zambia where there is increased attention towards promoting maternal, neonatal and child health as a means of addressing the current high early pregnancy and marriage rates. The protocol will ascertain: why, how, and under what conditions the integration of SRHR interventions into Zambian community health systems will optimise or not acceptability and adoption of SRHR services. This is a multiple-case study design. Data will be collected from schools, health facilities and communities through individual and group interviews, photovoice, documentary review, and observations.

Teens in the United States are less likely than younger children and adults to receive recommended preventive health services in general. Schools can play a critical role in facilitating the delivery of health services to teens, including sexual health services SHS. Although teens are generally healthy, sometimes they engage in sexual behaviors that put them at risk for HIV, STDs, and pregnancy. Among U. Several national guidelines for preventive care specifically include recommendations for SHS for teens. Despite these official guidelines and recommendations, teens may not seek or have access to recommended SHS. Schools have direct daily contact with more than

Sexuality is a big part of being human. Love, affection and sexual intimacy all play a role in healthy relationships. They also contribute to your sense of well-being. A number of disorders can affect the ability to have or enjoy sex in both men and women.

We are working with goverments and partner organisations improve and expand these services for young clients. Young people are diverse and so too are their sexual and reproductive health needs. Young people may require information on and access to modern contraception, emergency contraception, menstruation, HIV and STI sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, gynaecology, pregnancy testing and services, safe abortion, counselling, gender-based violence and harmful practices counselling and referral among others. Services must respect a young person's privacy, confidentiality and obtain informed consent.