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MEJIA O, Luz Mery  e  ORTIZ Z, Ana Cecilia. Comprehension of the reproductive and sexual health of adolescents in the context of human development scale. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2006, vol.24, n.1, pp.40-47. ISSN 0120-386X.

This paper presents a proposal to understand and intervene reproductive and sexual health of adolescents in the context of human development scale. It is mainly focused on students of 10^th and 11^th level of high school education. This study suggests the creation of a traveling center to advice adolescents and their parents and a training program for teachers aimed to impact the negative effects Comprehension of the reproductive and sexual health of adolescents in the context of human development scale of both the lack of understanding of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and the absence of synergistic satisfiers for it.

Palavras-chave : Teen health, reproductive behavior; human development; reproductive health; health promotion; needs assessment.