A counseling program in sexual health for mexican adolescents

Abstract

Adolescence is a vulnerable time when sexual and reproductive health problems such as sexual infections and non-planned pregnancies may appear. These problems can interfere in the personal, economic and social development of the adolescent The following paper presents a counseling program related to contraception and Sexually Transmitted Infections [ST]) in high school adolescents between 12 and 16 years old who are members of the ABC Amistad Clinic in Mexico City. The counseling program aims to prevent sexual and reproductive adolescent health problems