reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 2
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
TYPES OF RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
• Impulsive decision-making resulting
in dangerous situations.
• Reckless behavior resulting in
accidents and injuries.
• Provoking, arguing, and testing limits
with peers and adults, resulting in
emotional and physical damages.
• Experimentation with substances,
resulting in short- and long-term
consequences that include effects on
most other risk-taking behavior (i.e.
decision-making and sexual activity).
• Unprotected sexual activity, resulting
in immediate and long-term health,
emotional, psychological, social, and
economic consequences.
Important things to remember
• Risk-taking among adolescents
varies with cultural factors, individual
personality, needs, social influences
and pressures, and available
opportunities.
• Adolescents tend to test their limits
and underestimate the risks involved;
this type of behavior is ageappropriate,
but adults must help
adolescents avoid serious
consequences.
Source: Vereau, D. 1998. Improving
interpersonal communications skills for
counseling adolescents on sexual
reproductive health. Lima, Peru:
Pathfinder International.
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