Sentences with phrase «sexual health of young people»

MEMPHIS, TN - Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region urges the Tennessee General Assembly to reject abstinence - only sexuality education and focus on improving the state's dismal sexual health as conveyed in the report «Sexual Health of Young People in the U.S. South: Challenges and Opportunities,» recently released by Auburn University at Montgomery's Center for Demographic Research.

Being aware of the evidence base should also encourage the Bishops of England and Wales and the CES that they can unambiguously promote the fundamental primacy of parents in the area of SRE without any risk that they will compromise the sexual health of young people.

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Rachel Gardner is president of the Girl's Brigade and founder of the Romance Academy, a national charity that supports youth leaders, parents and teachers in talking with young people about healthy relationships and sexual health.

Our local Primary Care Trust operates a clinic for young people which «provides a wide range of information and advice on issues regarding sexual health such as; fertility, unplanned pregnancy and contraception.

While HIV / AIDS has been pushed into the shadows of North American experience, the larger challenges to sexual health unite young people in Africa and the West, which is not surprising given that sex and intimacy are common human realities.

Those risk behaviors included some of the largest threats to health for young people, such as excessive drinking, smokeless tobacco use, unsafe sexual activity, physical violence, and unsafe use of motor vehicles.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Pavan Dhaliwal commented, «We think it's vitally important that young people receive full and comprehensive sex and relationships education, including strong education about anatomy, puberty and sexual health as part of sex education science.

It was also to ensure that 90 per cent of young people in need have access to sexual and reproductive health services and combination HIV prevention options by 2020.

They conclude: «Schools should acknowledge that sex is a special subject with unique challenges, as well as the fact and range of young people's sexual activity, otherwise [they] will continue to disengage from SRE, and opportunities for safeguarding and improving their sexual health will be reduced.»

Get the Facts provides young people in WA with information on sexual health and relationships, including contraception, body image, tattoos, piercings elationships are endlessly quirky and fascinating, because they're full of twists, turns and wacky traditions.

In this project, the Education factor is present in the majority of the strands of work: approach of incorporating comprehensive sex education in the formal education system and in youth organizations; implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy of Sex Education of the Department of Education in the classrooms at the two education centres; strengthening of the institutional capacity of the health and education sectors, through the provision of health personnel, methodological tools and focusing on gender, human rights and multiculturalism; cross-sector coordination (Health - Education Departments), and with civil society to develop alliances which promote the exercising of the Sexual and Reproductive rights of the adolescents and young people of zones 3 and 7 of Guatemalahealth and education sectors, through the provision of health personnel, methodological tools and focusing on gender, human rights and multiculturalism; cross-sector coordination (Health - Education Departments), and with civil society to develop alliances which promote the exercising of the Sexual and Reproductive rights of the adolescents and young people of zones 3 and 7 of Guatemalahealth personnel, methodological tools and focusing on gender, human rights and multiculturalism; cross-sector coordination (Health - Education Departments), and with civil society to develop alliances which promote the exercising of the Sexual and Reproductive rights of the adolescents and young people of zones 3 and 7 of GuatemalaHealth - Education Departments), and with civil society to develop alliances which promote the exercising of the Sexual and Reproductive rights of the adolescents and young people of zones 3 and 7 of Guatemala City.

We believe young people need to be encouraged to work out what they think about issues to do with their own sexual health and wellbeing, especially when it comes to issues around abortion, contraception, same - sex attraction, age for first time sex, and whether sexual activity is likely to be a part of one's life at all.

Depriving young people of education about their bodies and potential future sexual realities does them a disservice and leaves them vulnerable to misinformation and confusion at best and ill - equipped to manage risk and health at worst.

They'll be teaming up with Population Action International, Advocates for Youth, SustainUS, the Youth Coalition, and the government of Sri Lanka for an event featuring the voices of young people from around the world who have experienced the deep connections between sexual and reproductive health and rights and the environment.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action Internship is a network of young organizers and activists across Connecticut and Rhode Island who take action on their college campuses and in their communities to mobilize advocates for reproductive freedom; in addition to raising public awareness about reproductive health, rights, and justice, educating young people about sexual health, and creating lasting change in those communities.

The conference brings together hundreds of young people from around the country who support the mission of Planned Parenthood and seek to bring awareness around sexual health and reproductive rights to their college campuses.

• A large body of research has found no evidence that providing young people with sexual and reproductive health information and education results in increased sexual risk - taking.12

In contrast, no matter the label, abstinence - only approaches withhold crucial, potentially life - saving information on sexual health, and are not even effective in achieving their goal of keeping young people from engaging in sexual activity.

It would have been worse but for the decision to extend by twelve months a program of payments to the states for services for teenage sexual and reproductive health and young parent support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at a cost of $ 26 million in 2014 - 15.

• Provide tens of thousands of women, men, and young people with sexual and reproductive health education;

When parents are able to respond to children's curiosity and talk about porn, they can help young people develop safety skills and recognise the importance of their own sexual health and well - being.

GYT is a national campaign designed to promote sexual health and address the disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)-- including HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea — among young people under 25.

Reach Out — Sex and relationships This website has lots of teenage - friendly information about sexual health for young people.

WORCESTER — The Fallon / OrNda Community Health Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) a $ 12,500 grant to support the work it's doing to encourage young people to learn about their sexual health and empower parents to become their children's go - to resHealth Fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) a $ 12,500 grant to support the work it's doing to encourage young people to learn about their sexual health and empower parents to become their children's go - to reshealth and empower parents to become their children's go - to resource.

GYT is a month - long national campaign designed to promote sexual health and address the disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)- including HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea - among young people under 25.

It does this by partnering with stakeholders to address health, wellbeing and health care for all children, young people and families, in addition to reducing the health impact of sexual, domestic and family violence, child abuse and neglect.

Lucia's research centers primarily around sexual communication and decision - making among young people, sexual health, functioning, and changes in the roles and interactions defining the intimate relationships of adolescents and young adults.

Our goal is to develop a network of «askable» adults who are informed and trusted resources for young people, and who are prepared and available to support them in their sexual health.

«I'm so honored to join the Planned Parenthood Global Advisory Board in their fight to support the health and rights of women, men and young people, including survivors of sexual assault, across Africa and Latin America,» Stephanie March said.

We support protecting the health of young people by providing them with comprehensive sexual education.

In response to this, the ROP team adapted the P4P program (a sexual health program created for Aboriginal adults in Townsville) to the needs of Aboriginal young people in Western Sydney and created P4APS3.

Writing Themselves In 3: the third national study on the sexual health and well being of same sex attracted and gender questioning young people.

Planned Parenthood Generation Action Network is a network of young organizers and activists across the country who organize events on their campuses and in their communities to mobilize advocates for reproductive freedom; in addition to raising public awareness about reproductive health and rights, educating young people about sexual health, and creating lasting change in those communities.

(4) In a United Nations» review of 68 studies on the effects of sexual health education on young people's sexual behavior, «little evidence was found to support the contention that sexual health and HIV education promote promiscuity.»

As the largest nonprofit sexual health care provider in Arizona, Planned Parenthood is committed to reducing the impact of the HIV / AIDS epidemic by providing nonjudgmental, comprehensive, high - quality reproductive health care to all women, men, and young people.

Worse yet, the federal government spends $ 90 million annually on sexual health education programs that teach sexual abstinence instead of equipping young people with the tools and resources they need.

The HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme funds a range of projects for young people at increased risk of crisis pregnancy.

This summary draws on the findings of the Sexual Health and Sexuality Education Needs Assessment of Young People in Care (SENYPIC) study.

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The Sexual Health and Sexuality Education Needs of Young People in Care (SENYPIC) study documents information gathered from an e-survey of 182 service - providers and in - depth interviews with 22 service providers, 19 foster carers, 5 birth parents and 19 young people who had left State - Young People in Care (SENYPIC) study documents information gathered from an e-survey of 182 service - providers and in - depth interviews with 22 service providers, 19 foster carers, 5 birth parents and 19 young people who had left State -People in Care (SENYPIC) study documents information gathered from an e-survey of 182 service - providers and in - depth interviews with 22 service providers, 19 foster carers, 5 birth parents and 19 young people who had left State - young people who had left State -people who had left State - care.