Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Identify the physical, socioeconomic and emotional vulnerabilities of adolescents.
• Describe risk-taking behaviours of adolescents and young people and the consequences for their reproductive health.
• Discuss the implications of the psychosocial and behavioural concerns that adolescents and young people have in relation to their reproductive health.
• Describe life skills and explain why they are important for healthy adolescent development.