reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International
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Module 16/Unit 3<br />
CONTENT<br />
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills<br />
Training/Learning Methods<br />
(Time Required)<br />
−<br />
When possible, providers can play<br />
an important role in encouraging<br />
parent/child communication.<br />
Self-Esteem<br />
• Self-esteem is the ability to feel<br />
confidence in, and respect <strong>for</strong>,<br />
oneself. It is a feeling of personal<br />
competence and self-worth.<br />
• While self-esteem involves feelings<br />
about oneself, it derives, to a great<br />
extent, from interactions with family,<br />
friends, and social circumstances<br />
throughout life.<br />
• Self-esteem plays a key role in a<br />
young person’s sense of how well<br />
s/he can deal with life’s options and<br />
challenges.<br />
• Self-esteem can be challenged<br />
during adolescence by rapid physical<br />
and social changes and the<br />
development of one’s own values and<br />
beliefs. Yet, self-esteem is critically<br />
important at this stage in life.<br />
• Specifically <strong>for</strong> <strong>reproductive</strong> <strong>health</strong>,<br />
self-esteem influences how young<br />
people make judgments about<br />
relationships, sex, and sexual<br />
responsibility.<br />
• Adults can help <strong>adolescents</strong><br />
strengthen their self-esteem by<br />
showing respect and by<br />
demonstrating confidence in<br />
<strong>adolescents</strong>' abilities.<br />
Source: Vereau, D. 1998. Improving<br />
interpersonal communications skills <strong>for</strong><br />
counseling <strong>adolescents</strong> on sexual <strong>reproductive</strong><br />
<strong>health</strong>. Lima, Peru: <strong>Pathfinder</strong> <strong>International</strong>.<br />
<strong>Pathfinder</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
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Adolescent Curriculum