Reproductive and Sexual Health Education of Adolescents

Agency : Indian Council of Medical Research

A task force multi-centric study was being carried out in Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune and Thiruvanathapuram. The broad objective of the study was to develop a feasible model for providing reproductive and sexual health education to school-going adolescents in different parts of India.

The specific objectives were:

  • To undertake pre intervention study of adolescents, parents, and teachers regarding the reproductive and sexual health issues and education programmes to set up benchmarks for intervention impact
  • To develop a reproductive and sexual health education module for school going adolescents
  • To provide reproductive and sexual health education to adolescents in selected urban and rural schools in different parts of India
  • To evaluate the impact of educational intervention on adolescents' awareness, knowledge, attitude, change and sexual practices

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