The present book captures 'youth', a unique phase of life which has been extensively examined as a demographic, social and biological construct. It is refered to as an age group which links childhood with adulthood. Young people differ spatio- temporally in terms of socio-cultural, political and economic structures of the countries. Youth is also the life span when sexuality is discovered, exposing them to the risk of pregnancy, child bearing and infection of sexually transmitted diseases. Youth is a stage in the life cycle which is significant from the perspective of individual and also national development. It establishes a continuum between the past, present and the future generation. Health of the youth and development are intricately linked. A large share of labourforce is comprised of youth. Critical life course events such as completion of education, entry into job, marriage, sexual experience, parenthood, occur during this phase. Youth are marrying later and becoming sexually active before marriage.
Sanghmitra S. Acharya is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. She has also been at the Ball State University, Muncie, INDIANA, USA as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology during 2008-09. She was also awarded Asian Scholarship Foundation Fellowship during 2005. She was a Visiting Fellow at University of The Philippines Population Institute (UPPI), Manila, and studied health issues among the Filipino youth. She was a UNFPA Fellow for Global Training Programme on Population and Sustainable Development during 1995-96 at the University of Botswana, Gabarone (Southern Africa). She has also travelled to China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Germany. Her research interests include reproductive morbidity, gender, youth; urban health; and discrimination and social exclusion in health. She teaches courses on research methodology; population, health development; urbanization and public health; and modules on demographic aspects of ethnicity and caste; social stratification; geographic mobility and migration; and social disparities in health.
Acknowledgement
Foreword
List of Figures
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List of Abreviation
1. Youth in Development Discourse- Examining Some Public Policies and Programmes
2. Policy Environment and Programmes for the Youth
3. The Young and Their World- Ideas and Concerns
4. Exploring Health and Sexuality Among Youth in Uttarakhand, India
5. Issues Concerning Health and Sexuality among Youth in Uttarakhand-Voices from the field
6. Exploring Health and Sexuality Among Youth in The Philippines
7. Issues Concerning Health and Sexuality Among Youth in CLR, The Philippines-Voices from the field
8. Transition to Responsible Adulthood-Some Findings and Implications from India and The Philippines
9. Goals, Strategies and Policy Framework-Challenges to the Health and Sexuality of the youth
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