reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 11
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
• STIs, including HIV/AIDS.
• Abortion-related injury.
• Gynecological problems.
• Sexual dysfunction.
In addition to reproductive health
problems, sexual abuse can cause fear,
depression, and suicide.
Sexual abuse survivors are more likely to
participate in high-risk activities such as
substance abuse, early sexual debut,
having sex more often, and not
practicing safe sex, making them more
vulnerable to unintended pregnancy and
STIs.
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
• Use Trainer’s Tool 11.2:
Consequences of Sexual Abuse for
instructions on how to facilitate the
mind mapping exercise.
11.2
Ask Px, what are reproductive health
consequences of sexual abuse
• Use Trainer’s Tool 11.2 and the
content on the left-hand side of the
page to correct or supplement
answers.
• Conclude by emphasizing the last
paragraph in the content section on
the left-hand side of the page.
This is often a result of feeling vulnerable
and unable to say “no” to things they do
not want to do, as well as feeling
unworthy or incapable of undertaking
self-protective behavior, as in the case of
contraception.
CERTAIN ADOLESCENTS ARE AT
INCREASED RISK OF SEXUAL
ABUSE, INCLUDING RAPE
• Adolescents who live in extreme
economic poverty (forced into sex for
money or to become street hawkers
who may be assaulted while working)
• Youth with a physical or mental
disability
DISCUSSION (10 MIN.)
The trainer should:
Ask Px, which adolescents may be
more vulnerable to sexual abuse
• Fill in any missing information from
the left-hand side of the page.
• Youth who have a separate living
arrangement from their parents
• Street youth
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