Adolescents' Reproductive Health Seeking Behavior in the Northeast of China

Liying Zhang, National Research Institute for Family Planning, China
Lianfu Zhou, Jilin Provincial Research Institute for Family Planning
Yunrong Liu, National Research Institute for Family Planning, China

To assess the sexual and reproductive health seeking behavior among unmarried youths and to help develop the effective risk reduction intervention, in 2001, a WHO supported research was carried out among females and males aged 15-24 years old residing in the Northeast part of China. This study is a community-based study. After the key informant interviews, survey and focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted. This paper is the primary report of the study. Results draw from key informant interviews indicated that sex education lack in the both middle school and university. Talk about sexual behavior is still a very sensitive topic in this area. There is far more ambivalence about sex education and reproductive health service providing to adolescent. People concern about introduction of sex education and reproductive health service would encourage adolescents sexual activities, although information about the sex from underground and private service facilities exist in this area.