Sexual and reproductive health
Sexual and reproductive health is a major issue that affects profound aspects of the safe growth and development of children and adolescents. It is of major importance to provide sexual and reproductive health service for children and adolescents affected by emergencies, in order for them not to be doubly victimised.
Sexual and reproductive health covers a much wider range of issues than family planning, because it includes matters both before and after the years of reproduction. Issues such as finding a healthy sexual identity for oneself as well as a partner, maternal and newborn health, sexually transmitted diseases (STI) including HIV and AIDS and safe abortion and post abortion care are also included. Often there is an overlap with gender-based violence (including harmful traditional practices).
In this module, the notion sexual and reproductive health has been used in preference to simply reproductive health or adolescent reproductive health in recognition of the fact that young people’s reproductive health is determined by their sexual health and their sexual activities; and that issues of sexual behaviour and sexuality are central to the question of their reproductive health.
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| Topic | 1 | The issue for children | ||
| Exercise | 1 | The risks for young people when they are refugees and displaced | | |
| Exercise | 2 | What is adolescence? | | |
| Exercise | 3 | What did you do when you were an adolescent? | | |
| Handout | 1 | Definitions | | |
| Topic | 2 | The law and child rights | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Related reproductive health rights and their effectiveness | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Sexual rights of young people | | |
| Handout | 1 | A summary of reproductive health rights | | |
| Handout | 2 | Scenarios | | |
| Handout | 3 | Young people's sexual and reproductive health rights | | |
| Topic | 3 | Assessment and situation analysis | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Barriers adolescents face when using healthcare services | | |
| Exercise | 2 | What does participation mean? | | |
| Exercise | 3 | Traditional practices and gender | | |
| Exercise | 4 | How do we become men and women? | | |
| Handout | 1 | Case studies | | |
| Handout | 2 | Youth participation | | |
| Handout | 3 | Gender roles and gender relations | | |
| Handout | 4 | Activity matrix | | |
| Topic | 4 | Planning and implementation | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Rights-based programming | | |
| Exercise | 2 | Youth-friendly services | | |
| Exercise | 3 | Designing a sexuality education programme | | |
| Exercise | 4 | Reviewing information, education and communication (IEC) materials | | |
| Exercise | 5 | Exploring the diversity of young people's needs | | |
| Exercise | 6 | Meeting the needs of diverse groups of young people | | |
| Exercise | 7 | Early or unplanned pregnancies | | |
| Handout | 1 | Discussion questions | | |
| Handout | 2 | Youth-friendly statements | | |
| Handout | 3 | Your rights | | |
| Handout | 4 | Role plays | | |
| Handout | 5 | Programme settings | | |
| Handout | 6 | Discussion questions | | |
| Handout | 7 | Definitions | | |
| Handout | 8 | HIV interventions with youth | | |
| Handout | 9 | IASC guidelines for HIV and AIDS interventions in emergency settings | | |
| Handout | 10 | Providers' needs | | |
| Handout | 11 | Behaviour change communication (BCC) | | |
| Handout | 12 | Quality care | | |
| Topic | 5 | Monitoring, evaluation and learning | ||
| Exercise | 1 | Evaluating sexual and reproductive healthcare | | |
| Handout | 1 | Impact indicators, criteria and tools | | |