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Sex Education
Mary Huang Soo Lee

UNESCO PROAP Regional Clearing House on Population Education and Communication Bangkok, Thailand, 1999

United Nations Population Fund

Lee, Mary Huang Soo. Case study, Malaysia: communication and advocacy strategies adolescent reproductive and sexual health. Bangkok: UNESCO PROAP, 1999. 27 p. (Communication and advocacy strategies: adolescent reproductive and sexual health; series two)

1. YOUTH. 2. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 3. SEXUAL HEALTH. 4. IEC. 5. COMMUNICATION POLICY. 6. COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES. 7. COMMUNICATION PLANNING. 8. CASE STUDIES. 9. MALAYSIA. I. Title. II. Series.

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 UNESCO 1999
Published by the UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific P.O. Box 967, Prakanong Post Office Bangkok 10110, Thailand Printed in Thailand under UNFPA Project RAS/96/P02
The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries.

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PREFACE ......................................................................

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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS 1 Population composition of adolescents ............................ Age at marriage ............................................................ Fertility, teen pregnancy and abortion ............................. STDs/HIV/AIDS ............................................................. Practice of contraception and family planning ................. Knowledge, attitude and behaviour on sexuality and reproductive health .......................................................

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PROGRAMME RESPONSES TO ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS 6 Government programmes ............................................... NGO programmes
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