H earsay about young people's sexual activity is both prevalent and var ied, and lay people
and profession als can be guilty of airing their opinions on the subject as facts. However, if …

Introduction ntil the full extent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic became evi-Unent, the health
needs of young people in developing countries' had been largely overlooked by health …

In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) put forward a
groundbreaking call to place adolescent 1 sexual and reproductive health and rights …

Education Today–Term 1 2009 covered in biology programs. This approach means no
attention is paid to skills development, managing relationships, drug and alcohol use and …

This article describes the development and implementation of a sexual health education
program designed to support Grade 7 and Grade 8 girls in the development of healthy …

ABSTRACT A group of Australian researchers from a range of disciplines involved in
studying children's sexual development developed a framework for researching healthy …

THE RECENT DEBATE about the pregnancy rate among adolescents in Australia has led to
increased interest in the most successful way to prevent unintended pregnancies, and in the …

Seventeen articles make up this special collection, covering a range of different, but cross-
cutting themes. These highlight contemporary concerns in African research and scholarship …

Simon Blake, OBE, delivered one of the key note addresses at the conference. Simon is the
Chief Executive of the National Union of Students (UK), an organisation which works to …

This article illustrates the construction of a new model of adolescent sexual health, one that
addresses the complex relationships between gender and adolescent sexuality. A review of …