Sex education program wraps up in Shanghai
21/3/2006 15:27
Shanghai, the largest metropolis of China, finished a five-year
international sex education program yesterday, local health officials was quoted
as saying by Shanghai Daily.
The paper said on Tuesday that it was the first
time the city worked with international agencies to provide sex education to
students and single workers.
Shanghai was one of 12 provinces and
municipalities that took part in the program launched by Chinese health
authorities and the US-based Program for Appropriate Technology in
Health.
The American organization provided funding and expertise to help
local officials set up the program, which was aimed at youngsters aged between
10 and 24.
"By 2005, the program had covered 167 neighborhoods, 296
companies, 595 middle schools and 8 universities," said Xie Lingli, director of
the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Committee. "We gave courses,
educational pamphlets and services to more than 340,000 students, 90,000
unmarried young workers and 20,000 parents."
In addition to courses, the city
also set up hotlines providing sex information, service centers for pregnant
girls, Websites for online consultation and 601 service spots providing
consultation and education about reproductive issues.
"Migrant people also
benefited from our program. We gave lectures and received a good response," Xie
said.
Migrant parents and children were given courses together in an attempt
to teach parents how to talk to their kids about puberty and sex.
Officials
said the biggest concerns for young workers are pregnancy and contraception,
unsafe sex and sexual development.
Xinhua
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