CONTENTS

         Chapters
  1. Growing Numbers, Diverse Needs
  2. Growth, Change, and Risk
  3. Programs for Young Adults
  4. Evaluation Findings
  5. Winning Support from the Community and Young Adults

HIGHLIGHTS

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Volume XXIII, Number 3
October, 1995
 Overview of Programs
                                   for Young Adults

Reproductive health programs are increasingly aware of young adults' needs, but most efforts so far have been small and isolated. Family planning programs began and continue with a focus on married women, a large group with an obvious need for reproductive health care. In contrast, efforts to meet young people's needs are still struggling to find approaches that are both effective and politically acceptable. In the 1960s development planners started the first school programs to inform students about rapid population growth. Under the name Family Life Education (FLE), those programs have evolved to address life planning. In the 1980s educators began AIDS prevention programs. Reproductive health services for youth, whether in schools or elsewhere, remain small, however, because they are controversial and therefore difficult to establish and fund. Efforts to reduce the risks of sex for young people have been most successful in Northern Europe, where extensive programs reflect community support for addressing young adults' needs.

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