reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 3
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CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
Effectively negotiate safe sex to
prevent unwanted pregnancy and
STIs, including HIV.
Resist unwanted sexual overtures
from adults.
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
topics and dynamics useful in
working with adolescents
• Review the concept of decisionmaking
found in the content section
on the left-hand side of the page.
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Identify and obtain needed
services for pregnancy
prevention, prenatal and
postpartum care, and STI/HIV
diagnosis, counseling, and
treatment.
Decision-Making
• Decision-making involves an array of
conclusions and actions to achieve
intended results.
• Adolescents must make decisions
frequently, ranging from simple (and
marginally consequential) to major
(and very consequential) decisions,
such as:
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What shall I wear today
Should I have sexual relations
• Depending on the culture and on a
person’s “locus of control,” the
potential to make decisions varies, as
does the young person’s sense of
her/his ability to make decisions.
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Some cultures and social policies
define in detail what is expected
adolescent behavior, such as
appropriate dating behavior. This
limits options for decision-making.
With an “external locus of control,”
a person believes that external
factors (such as fate or luck)
determine what happens to
her/him. With an “internal locus of
GROUP WORK AND DISCUSSION
(40 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Explain that this exercise will help Px
understand a variety of challenging
situations that young people may
have to face. (Review the exercises
to make sure they are relevant and/or
add others that are meaningful to
your group.)
• Break Px into small groups (4-6),
explaining that each group will predict
consequences for different decisions
adolescents might make.
• Hand each group a list of decisions
(Px Handout 3.2) and blank paper.
3.2
• Explain that groups will think about
each decision and predict the 3 most
likely consequences. Then, circle the
best possible consequence and put a
line through the worst one.
• Allow 15 minutes for this process.
• Reconvene the large group.
• Write the first decision on the flipchart
and ask each group to name one
positive consequence they predicted.
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