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Article: Winning support from the community and young adults. (for implementation of youth reproductive health programs)
- Article from:
- Population Reports
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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For reproductive health programs addressed to young adults, two challenges loom especially large. They must persuade the community to support their activities, and they must convince their intended clients that protecting their health is important. Many health programs face these two challenges, but programs for young adults often find these challenges especially difficult and crucial.
Community support can be hard to win. Sex education and services for young adults are almost always controversial. Health professionals who want to meet the reproductive health needs of young adults must begin by helping the community understand and agree on the need for a program and ...