Youth-Friendly Services: A Manual for Service Providers

Developed by EngenderHealth, this manual is designed to strengthen theskills of health workers who provide reproductive health services toadolescent clients. It aims to enable staff to assess their own beliefs aboutadolescent sexuality while ensuring that their values and attitudes donot compromise the basic sexual and reproductive health needs of youngpeople.

According to EngenderHealth, "although existing tools address adolescent reproductive health, this is the first simple training tool that can be easily adapted to different situations and addresses provider and site bias toward young people. By the end of any of these trainings, participants will havethe knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to provide high-qualitySRH counseling within their own work setting. Providers will be betterable to help clients assess their own needs for a range of SRH services,provide appropriate information and emotional support, and help clientsmake more realistic decisions about their sexual and reproductivehealth. In turn, clients will have developed the skills they need tocarry out those decisions."

Founded in 1943, EngenderHealth is a nonprofit organisation that hasbeen working internationally for more than 30 years to support andstrengthen reproductive health services for women and men worldwide.

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