Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people?
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the perspectives of family-planning service providers in eight sites in China on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people. METHODS: Data were drawn from a survey of 1927 family-planning workers and 16 focus group discussions conducted...
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| author | Tu Xiaowen Cui Nian Lou Chaohua Gao Ersheng |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the perspectives of family-planning service providers in eight sites in China on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people. METHODS: Data were drawn from a survey of 1927 family-planning workers and 16 focus group discussions conducted in eight sites in China in 1998-99. FINDINGS: Family-planning workers recognized the need to protect the sexual health of unmarried young people and were unambiguous about the need for government agencies to provide information and education on sexual and reproductive health to unmarried young people; however, perceptions about the appropriate age for and content of such education remained conservative. While about 70% of family-planning workers were willing to provide contraceptives to unmarried young people, and about 60% approved government provision of contraceptive services to unmarried young people, only one quarter agreed that the services could be extended to senior high schools. CONCLUSION: Family-planning workers in China are ambivalent about the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people, which potentially poses a significant obstacle to the adoption of safe sex behaviours by young people, as well as to the provision of sexual and reproductive health information and services to young unmarried people in China. Training programmes for family-planning workers are urgently needed to address this issue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66411dff609b4b8d90fe126cdedcf5992024-03-03T02:21:39ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-96862004-01-01824274280Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people?Tu XiaowenCui NianLou ChaohuaGao ErshengOBJECTIVE: To ascertain the perspectives of family-planning service providers in eight sites in China on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people. METHODS: Data were drawn from a survey of 1927 family-planning workers and 16 focus group discussions conducted in eight sites in China in 1998-99. FINDINGS: Family-planning workers recognized the need to protect the sexual health of unmarried young people and were unambiguous about the need for government agencies to provide information and education on sexual and reproductive health to unmarried young people; however, perceptions about the appropriate age for and content of such education remained conservative. While about 70% of family-planning workers were willing to provide contraceptives to unmarried young people, and about 60% approved government provision of contraceptive services to unmarried young people, only one quarter agreed that the services could be extended to senior high schools. CONCLUSION: Family-planning workers in China are ambivalent about the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people, which potentially poses a significant obstacle to the adoption of safe sex behaviours by young people, as well as to the provision of sexual and reproductive health information and services to young unmarried people in China. Training programmes for family-planning workers are urgently needed to address this issue.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400009Family planning servicesSex educationSafe sexContraceptionReproductive medicineMarital statusGovernment agenciesCommunity health aidesAttitude of health personnelCultural characteristicsAdultChina |
| spellingShingle | Tu Xiaowen Cui Nian Lou Chaohua Gao Ersheng Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? Bulletin of the World Health Organization Family planning services Sex education Safe sex Contraception Reproductive medicine Marital status Government agencies Community health aides Attitude of health personnel Cultural characteristics Adult China |
| title | Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? |
| title_full | Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? |
| title_fullStr | Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? |
| title_short | Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people? |
| title_sort | do family planning workers in china support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people |
| topic | Family planning services Sex education Safe sex Contraception Reproductive medicine Marital status Government agencies Community health aides Attitude of health personnel Cultural characteristics Adult China |
| url | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400009 |
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