TAILIEUCHUNG - Improving the quality of reproductive health care for young people

Within a social justice model, the G&J Program uses a reproductive justice framework, as conceptualized by SisterSong and Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice. 1 Reproductive justice extends beyond health services and information (reproductive health model) and fundamental liberties (reproductive rights model), to the economic, social, environmental, and political conditions that affect the health and lives of women and their families and communities. While reproductive health and reproductive rights work have achieved significant successes in promoting the health and rights of women, an accompanying broader framework is needed to address the full spectrum of factors impacting women’s lives. . | New Perspectives on Quality of Care No. 4 Population Council and Population R efe r ence Bureau Improving the Quality of Reproductive Health Care for Young People Liz C. Creel and Rebecca J. Perry Health services don t look at adolescents specifically. You re either a child and need vitamins or you re married and need obstetric care. UNFPA official Greene et al. 2002 28 Nearly billion people about one-third of the world s total population are between the ages of 10 and 24 United Nations 2001 with the vast majority living in developing countries. As they mature young people are increasingly exposed to reproductive health risks such as sexually transmitted infections STIs unintended or early pregnancies and complications from pregnancy and childbirth see Box 1 page 2 . Improving young people s reproductive health care is key to improving the world s future economic and social well-being. But young people s reproductive health needs are often overlooked or viewed through a lens of cultural values that limit care. Health facilities frequently fail to provide young adults with specialized reproductive health information counseling and services. Lack of experience in social negotiation ignorance about their bodies and where to seek care social stigma and poor treatment by providers often limit young people s access to the services they need. During the past decade in part as a result of the HIV AIDS pandemic young people and their health needs have been the subject of greater attention worldwide. International conferences such as the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development ICPD have endorsed the rights of adolescents and young adults to obtain the highest levels of health care. In response more health policies and services are becoming youth friendly Staff are being trained to be more sensitive to the needs of youth fees for young clients are being reduced and services and outreach activities are being offered at convenient hours Photo removed for

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