Unintended teenage pregnancy poses health risks to both mother and infant. To provide knowledge on reproductive health, relevant functional levels and sectors have carried out many practical activities, typically protecting and taking care of health for adolescents.
Communication activities to raise awareness about reproductive health have been introduced in schools. Units and schools in the province have integrated educational content on reproductive health, sexual health and sex for students into the curriculum; variety of educational forms, such as seminars, adolescent health clubs; advising and encouraging students to contribute ideas on educational content, programs, activities and other documents related to population, reproductive health...
The adolescent club with comprehensive sex education established by the Provincial Family Planning Association recently has organized many useful activities for teenagers at schools: Provincial Boarding High School, Ha Long Gifted High School, Van Lang High School, etc. Club activities have become a "bridge" between club members and all students in sex schools, in-depth knowledge of sex, reproductive health in the area...
Joining the club, students have access to more practical and in-depth knowledge related to reproductive health and safe sexual health. Extracurricular sessions also help many students to open up, confidently, boldly share and solve problems related to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and safe sex; prevent unwanted pregnancy and the harmful effects of unsafe abortion. At the same time, get counseling and medical examination before marriage; counseling on the use of appropriate contraceptive methods for adolescents, young adults, etc.
According to Ms. Pham Thi Thu, Head of Communication Department, Provincial Family Planning Association, adolescents' psychophysiology is still unstable, so when participating in these extracurricular activities, they have provided them with knowledge about health, as well as counseling and solving psychological and physiological difficulties at their age. Through this activity, contribute to propagating and mobilizing the good implementation of family planning to improve the quality of life for children in the future.
There are 198 secondary schools in the whole province that have built and effectively maintained the model of "Spring bamboo shoot propaganda team", propagandizing on child health care and protection. From 2020 up to now, the units have coordinated with a number of branches and localities to provide training on adolescent reproductive health care for more than 500 members to propagate young bamboo shoots in the localities; conducting communication on adolescent reproductive health care and counseling on pre-marital health for thousands of students in the area. Thereby contributing to significantly reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, reducing the abortion rate in adolescents and young adults; especially reduce the rate of children born with malformations and birth defects.
Over the past time, the province's Health and Population sectors have actively coordinated with localities and educational institutions to promote communication and education; strengthen the integration between communication and provision of counseling services, pre-marital health check-ups, adolescent and youth reproductive health. In 2022, the Department of Population and Family Planning (Department of Health) has guided and directed 6 units namely Ha Long City, Mong Cai City, Uong Bi City, Cam Pha City, Quang Yen Town, Hai Ha District to organize 25 communication sessions for 1.000 turns of young people in industrial zones, factories located in the locality on sexual health, specialized family planning through public consultations, etc.
Only when they are aware of their body can they take care of their own health, especially issues related to reproductive health and safe sex. Therefore, health care and education activities for adolescents and young people to avoid unintended pregnancy, besides the involvement of functional units, need the cooperation of all levels, sectors, mass organizations, especially families.
