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India¶s population and also a potential group for
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‡ Adolescent girls constitute a disproportionate (25%)
portion of the 5 million abortions performed annually.
‡ Teenagers lack easy access to contraceptives and feel
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‡ Cultural practices often involve sexual abuse or
exploitation, and act as barriers to responsible sexuality.
‡ Boys and girls reveal a poor understanding of their
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‡ To provide health and psycho-social services for adolescents through a

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‡ To assess health and psychological needs and problems of adolescents through

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‡ To support adolescents to cope with problem behaviour, by providing
psychotherapy, guidance and counselling;
‡ To promote positive attitudes and values in adolescents for healthy sexual
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‡ To enhance adolescent¶s potential through various strategies of life skills education;
‡ To establish linkages with schools, PTAs and civil service organizations in order to
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‡ Provide psycho-social services.
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Respondents
Schools SKV Palam Raj Nagar DPS Total
Mahipalpur colony

Morbidity Resp %age Resp %age Resp. %age Resp %age Resp.

Low Risk 323 49.09 23 20.00 104 47.93 206 66.02 656

Borderline 115 17.48 42 36.52 45 20.74 38 12.18 240

High Risk 220 33.43 50 43.48 68 31.33 68 21.50 406

Total 658 100 115 100 217 100 312 100 1302
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‡ Non-medical training and research institution
‡ Multi-disciplinary team
‡ Support from education department
‡ Nutrition counselling
‡ Procurement of tools and recruitment of staff
‡ Screening and other Psychological tests are adapted & suitable to
our situation
‡ CGC in position for more than 2 decades.
‡ Development of Modules for Holistic Development of Adolescent
Girls, Adolescent Health and HIV/AIDS, Trafficking of Children &
Women, FLE etc. for Voluntary sector and ICDS Training.
WEAKNESSES
‡ High demand of Psychiatrists
‡ Lack of awareness at all levels for adolescents problems
‡ Social Stigma ± Poor response from girls school even for
counselling services