tailieunhanh - Scaling up a Reproductive Health Curriculum In Youth Training Courses

Protection of human dignity is one of the cardinal principles of bioethics and has been enshrined in a number of international instruments. Most notable in relation to the present discussion is the UNESCO Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights which state in article 11, that:” Practices which are contrary to human dignity, such as reproductive cloning of human beings, shall not be permitted. States and competent international organizations are invited to co-operate in identifying such practices and in taking, at national or international level, the measures necessary to ensure that the principles set out in this Declaration. | Scaling up a Reproductive Health Curriculum In Youth Training Courses Laila Rahman Population Council Dhaka Md. Rafiqul Islam Department of Youth Development Ministry of Youth and Sports Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Ubaidur Rob and Ismat Bhuiya Population Council Dhaka M. E. Khan Population Council India October 2006 This study was funded by the . AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT USAID under the terms of Cooperative Agreement number HRN-A-00-98-00012-00 and Population Council In-house Project No. 5800 53074. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID. II c A I o 4 Population Council FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FRONTIERS y IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Department of Youth Development EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Considering the reproductive health information and service needs of adolescents and youth the Population Council s Frontiers in Reproductive Health FRONTIERS Program in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the Urban Family Health Partnership and two nongovernmental service delivery partners carried out the Global Youth project in northwestern Bangladesh from 1999-2003. The study used a quasi-experimental design with pre-post measurements and two experimental strategies. Strategy I provided reproductive health education to out-of school adolescents linked with adolescent-friendly services at health facilities while the Strategy II provided reproductive health education to both in- and out-of school adolescents linked with adolescent-friendly services Bhuiya et al. 2004 . Teachers and facilitators were trained to provide the reproductive health education to in-school and out-ofschool adolescents respectively and service providers were trained on rendering youth friendly services. The trained teachers imparted reproductive health education to students in grades eight and 11 in eight secondary schools Bhuiya et al. 2004 2003 2002 2001 Rob et al. 2002 Rob and Bhuiya 2001