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- Title
Alcance de las políticas públicas en el área de salud sexual y reproductiva dirigidas a los adolescentes en Colombia.
- Authors
García, Ana Lilana Ríos
- Abstract
The adolescent population in Latin America accounts for 21% of the general population, and in Colombia fifth of the population are teenagers, is thus 43 million inhabitants. With regard to sexual and reproductive health of this population group, the National Survey of Demography and Health Profamilia (ENDS 2005) found that women under 20 years old, are increasing their fertility rate over the past 20 years. Taking into account the reality of our teenagers in the area of sexual and reproductive health and the problems arising from poor handling of this issue in the population above, the Ministry for Social Protection in 2003 formulated the National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Sexual and reproductive health refers to a state of complete physical, mental and social, rather than the mere absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to sexuality and reproduction, and has the potential to exercise sexual rights and Reproductive To implement the National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health, local authorities must formulate a plan on Sexual and Reproductive Health to develop guiding principles, strategies, articulating the different benefit plans around the priority intervention There is an priority and prepares young people develop a positive and responsible attitude regarding their sexuality implementing processes real sex education to include the family as socializing par excellence and that includes topics such as training of children and young people, including aspects as a fundamental self-esteem, equally scientific information commensurate with the historic environment, social and cultural.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; LATIN America; DEMOGRAPHY; TEENAGERS' sexual behavior; REPRODUCTIVE health; HEALTH behavior in adolescence; SEX customs -- Social aspects; SEX education for teenagers; MEDICAL policy -- Social aspects; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Salud Uninorte, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 2, p351
- ISSN
0120-5552
- Publication type
Article