Adolescent Reproductive

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• Adolescent Reproductive
• Health IEC and Advocacy
• Initiatives

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Health Promotion and Education Initiatives of
NHEICC

• Reproductive Health - ARH
• Child Health
• HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control
• Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
  Prevention and Control
• Leprosy Prevention and Control
• Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
• Tobacco Prevention and Control
• Dental Health Promotion and Injury Prevention
• Mental Health and
• Other Public Health Topics and EHCS Package
• Aayurbed and Drug Administration

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Situation of Adolescent Reproductive Health

• Adolescents have little access to correct
  information about Reproductive Health.
• High unmet need for family planning among married
  adolescents (35)
• Need for adolescent friendly services at the
  health institutions
• Adolescents are at increased risk for STI
  including HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.

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Situation of Adolescent Reproductive Health

• Adolescents need to be empowered with correct,
  age appropriate and current information and
  skills to develop and practice responsible
  behaviors to protect themselves.
• Need to sensitize parents, teachers and social
  leaders on needs and issues related to
  adolescents health and development.
• Making adolescent's participation in family and
  community activities and decision-making process
  can encourage participation and responsibility

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Strategic Goal For ARH

• Decreased unmet need for Family Planning
• Improved adolescent reproductive

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Strategic objectives for ARH

• To create a suitable environment that will enable
  HWs and FCHVs to deliver quality ARH services.
• To increase the priority for ARH issues by
  increasing resources and funding levels for these
  programs.
• To develop policies and procedures that encourage
  and support the provision of adolescent-friendly
  RH services.
• To increase their funding of ARH-related
  activities..
• To mobilize Women's groups, NGOs, local
  organizations and communities to support and
  conduct program activities that improve ARH in
  all communities

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Strategic Objective of ARH

• To have comprehensive and functional knowledge
  about FP among men and women of Reproductive age.
• To increase communication about FP and other
  health issues among adolescent.
• To utilize available health services as needed.
• To have increased practice of desired FP MCH
  behaviors by adolescent.
• HWs will demonstrate acceptable quality skills
  (inter-personal communication skills and caste
  and gender sensitization) in FP communication and
  counseling.
• Adolescents will have correct knowledge of
  sexual-reproductive health issues.
• Parents and community members will have a
  favorable view of dealing openly with issues
  related to ARH.

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Audiences

• Primary
• Adolescents
• Parents
• Secondary
• FCHV
• Health Workers
• Teachers
• Tertiary
• Policy Makers
• Implementers

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Approaches

• Advocacy - to ensure political and social
  commitments at national, district and community
  level
• Social Mobilization - to build inter-sectoral
  alliances
• Behavior Change Communication - for individual
  and multi-media participatory approaches

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Strategies

• Lobby at the national district and community
  level for ARSH issues and resources
• Establish/Advocate and support coordinating
  coalitionsunder the MOHP/DoHS
• Support the appropriate expansion of the role of
  FCHVs
• Promote increased access to quality and friendly
  services

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Strategies

• Promote Strategic mass media campaigns
• Strengthen School health program
• Promote Community-level communication media
• Building capacity

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Sources of Information

• Radio 35
• Television 70
• Newspaper and Magazines 25
• Friends, school, posters and pamphlets

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Activities

• Radio Programs
• Public Health Radio Program
• Knowledge is power
• Service is Religion
• Radio Advertisement
• FM Radio Program
• Printed Materials
• Flip Chart
• Poster
• Pamphlet

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Activities

• Television Program
• TV Program - Chaso
• Tele Film Bela Bho
• Television Advertisement
• FM Radio Program
• School Health Program
• Hoarding board, Poster mount
• News Paper Advertisement and Articles
• Advocacy Workshop at the District Level

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Main Messages

• Correct knowledge of physical and emotional
  changes
• Menstruation and Personal Hygiene (for Adolescent
  girls)
• Sexual abuse including substance abuse and its
  prevention and control
• Correct knowledge of conception, contraception,
  and how to avoid risky behaviors
• Delay marriage and avoid early pregnancy (before
  20 years of age)
• Correct knowledge regarding ARH services

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Main Messages

• Build life skills, i.e. negotiation, family life
  and other life skills etc.
• Promote improved communication and support among
  adolescents, families, teachers, peers and
  community members
• The importance of maintaining confidentiality by
  HWs and FCHVs
• Information/service seeking
• Proper referral system and adolescents friendly
  services
• Promote nutritious food equally for both boys
  and girls without discrimination including
  correct use of nutritious foods.

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Coordination Mechanism

• National IEC Coordination Committee Headed by
  Director General/ DHS
• IEC Technical Committees Headed by
  Director/NHEICC
• - Reproductive Health
• - Child Health
• - Communicable Diseases
• - Non-Communicable Diseases
• - Other
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External Development Partner
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Network of NHEICC

• National IEC Co-ordination Committee
• Technical Committees

NHEICC
National Level

• Central Level Hospital

Health Education Section

• Regional/Zonal Hospital
• Regional Health Director

Regional Level
Health Education Unit

• District Hospital
• District Public Health Officer

District Level
SHP/HP/PHC
VDC Level
NGOs/INGOs, local social groups and agencies at
different levels of health care
Outreach EPI Clinic
Community Level
FCHV
Ward Level
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