Removing Barriers to Adolescents' Access to Contraceptive Information and Services
Removing Barriers to Adolescents' Access to Contraceptive Information and Services
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1728-4465.2010.00232.x
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发表时间:
2010-06-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Malarcher, Shawn
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作者:
Bankole, Akinrinola;Malarcher, Shawn
Adolescents constitute a large and growing segment of many societies. Preparing young people for healthy, pro ductive lives is one of the most important roles of families and societies. Although most people would agree that increasing children's independence and sense of respon sibility is a key aspect of this transition, few issues are more contentious than how and when to prepare young people for adulthood and for healthy sexual and repro ductive relationships.Individuals between the ages of 10 and 19 are gen erally considered adolescents; they are experiencing the period of transition from childhood to adulthood char acterized by dramatic biological and social changes. In 2009, 1.2 billion individuals? one in four people aged 10-59? were adolescents (UNDESA 2009). Not surpris