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dc.contributor.advisor임은미-
dc.contributor.authorPHIMMAVONG, CHANDAVIENG-
dc.creatorPHIMMAVONG, CHANDAVIENG-
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-26T04:08:23Z-
dc.date.available2016-08-26T04:08:23Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.otherOAK-000000120263-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/214965-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dcollection.ewha.ac.kr/jsp/common/DcLoOrgPer.jsp?sItemId=000000120263-
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the role of the Vientiane Youth Center for Health and Development (VYCHD) in promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) information and in providing SRH services targeting Lao youth age 15-24. The thesis examines the nature and extent of the interventions undertaken by the organization, the characteristics of people accessing VYCHD services, and the trends in SRH related issues of concern to youth, as well as their perspectives on their wants and needs in relation to SRH information and services. This thesis argues that the role of VYCHD, as an intervention initiated by the Lao government, is to support youth with SRH information and education and to facilitate ready access to SRH services that meet the needs youth. However, the thesis found that VYCHD only reaches youth with some level of education, and who live in Vientiane and its neighboring provinces. The needs of higher risk populations and poor youth in rural areas are not addressed by VYCHD. In addition, the thesis found gaps in young people’s knowledge and practice in relation to SRH. For example, a very low percentage of young people using condoms with more than 90% of young females and males among those who accessed VYCHD telephone hotline counselling have had sexual experiences without using condoms. The reasons given for not using condoms included trust in partners, and getting drunk before having sex, and, among young females, refusal by their partner, and among young males, that it would reduce their sensitivity and the pleasure of sex. The thesis found that young women continue to have less power than young men in making decisions relating to their sexuality and to the practice of safe sex. These findings reflect limitations in the effectiveness of VYCHD activities created by its organisational characteristics: as an agency of the Lao Women’s Union in Vientiane Capital (LWU VC) the boundary of VYCHD activities is the boundary of the province; although an agency of the Lao government, VYCHD must operate like a nongovernmental organisation and secure donor funding, leading to gaps and fluctuations in its financing; a high rate of staff turnover, in part the result of fluctuations in funding, leading to inexperienced staff delivering activities; the use of SRH information and educational methods not developed specifically to meet the needs of different groups of young people; provision of out-of-date information by outreach staff and telephone hotline counselors as a result of limited training opportunities to keep knowledge up-to-date; and lack of resources to modernize the clinic. To improve the SRH status of young people in Laos, VYCHD, as an agency of the government, should take a key role in raising awareness of the need for attitude and behavior change among youth in relation to practicing safe sex in order to prevent STIs, HIV, unplanned pregnancies and other adverse SRH outcomes. Drawing from the lessons learnt through VYCHD’s experience, government departments and agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders dealing with the SRH of young people should strengthen their networking to share and exchange information, build resources to improve and develop the quality of SRH education and services, and work together to advocate for a youth policy on SRH. These actions are required to secure better SRH outcomes - and life opportunities - for the young people of Laos.;본 논문은 15세에서 24세 라오스 청년들을 대상으로 성재생산 건강 정보와 서비스를 제공하는 비엔티엔청년건강개발센터의 역할을 연구하는 것이다. 센터의 역할은 라오스 정부의 매개자로서 청년의 요구에 맞는 성재생산 교육과 정보를 제공하고 성재생산 서비스를 이용할 수 있도록 하는 것이다. 그러나 센터는 비엔티엔과 근처 지역에 사는 특정 수준의 교육을 받은 청년만이 접근 가능하다는 한계를 갖는다. 센터는 농촌 지역의 고위험군 집단과 빈곤 청년의 요구는 다루지 못하고 있다. 더욱이 본 연구를 통해 청년들의 콘돔 사용 비율이 매우 낮다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 센터의 전화 상담 서비스를 이용한 90% 이상의 젊은 여성과 남성들은 콘돔을 사용하지 않고 성관계를 가진 경험이 있었다. 콘돔을 사용하지 않은 이유로는 여성들의 경우 파트너에 대한 신뢰, 성관계를 갖기 전 음주, 파트너의 거부 때문이라고 말했고 남성들의 경우 성적 즐거움과 민감성이 줄어들기 때문이라고 대답했다. 이를 통해 섹슈얼리티와 안전한 성관계에 있어 여성들이 남성에 비해 의사결정과정에 힘이 부족하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 연구 결과 비엔티엔청년건강개발센터의 특징은 다음과 같다. 센터는 비엔티엔 수도의 라오스 여성연맹의 주도하에 비엔티엔을 중심으로 활동하고 있다. 비록 센터가 라오스 정부의 지원을 받고 있지만 재정의 격차와 변동성을 초래함에 따라 비정부기구로 운영될 필요가 있고 후원기금이 보장되어야만 한다. 재정의 불안정성에 따른 활동가들의 높은 이직률과 경험이 부족한 활동가들의 활동 또한 도전 과제이다. 성재생산 건강 정보의 이용과 교육 방법이 다양한 청년 집단의 요구들에 맞게 세부적으로 개발되지 못하는 문제를 갖고 있다. 게다가 새로운 지식을 계속해서 훈련할 수 있는 기회의 부족으로 아웃리치 활동가와 전화상담자들이 낡은 정보를 제공하는 문제와 함께 병원 시설도 개선할 필요가 있다. 센터는 정부의 수행기관으로서 라오스 청년의 성재생산 건강 지위를 향상시키고자 성재생산 건강에 반대되는 성병, 에이즈, 원치 않는 임신을 예방하는 안전한 성관계를 위해 청년의 행동과 태도변화를 이끄는 인식변화를 위한 중요한 역할을 수행해야 한다. 비엔티엔청년개발센터의 경험을 통해 청년의 성재생산건강을 다루는 정부 부처, 기관, NGO 및 이해관계자들은 정보를 공유하고 교류하는 네트워킹을 강화시키고 성재생산 건강 교육과 서비스의 질을 개선하고 발전시키기 위한 자원을 만들어 내고 성재생산 건강에 대한 청년 정책을 함께 옹호할 필요가 있다. 따라서 라오스 청년을 위한 더 나은 성재생산 건강과 삶의 기회를 보장하기 위한 행동들이 요구되는 바이다.-
dc.description.tableofcontentsI. Introduction 1 II.Literature Review 8 A. Definitions 8 1. Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights 8 2. Adolescents, young people and youth 9 3. Comprehensive Sexuality and Education 9 B. Trends in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health 10 C. Factors that Contribute to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Status 11 D. Linkage between adolescent SRH and youth internal migration 12 E. Evidence of the role of sex education and advocacy on improved SRH outcomes 14 F. Evaluation of the project/program of adolescent and sexual reproductive health 15 III.Country Background 20 A. Lao People's Democratic Republic 20 B. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Status in Laos 22 1. Sexual intercourse 22 2. Early Marriage 24 3. Adolescent fertility 24 4. Contraception 25 5. STIs and HIV/AIDs 28 C. Government Policy and Framework on Adolescent SRH 29 IV. The Role of Vientiane Youth Center for Health and Development 31 A. Design, Structure and Management 31 B. Performance, Activities and Services 35 1. Outreach 35 2. Peer Education Program and Life Skills Training 37 3. Telephone hotline counseling 38 4. Vientiane Youth Clinic 39 5. Mass media 40 C. Networking and partnership 41 D. Challenges facing VYCHD SRH interventions for young people 42 1. Management 42 2. Finance 42 3. Human resources 43 V. Data Analysis 45 A. Analysis of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Vientiane, Laos 45 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of hotline callers and clinic patients 45 a. Hotline callers 45 (1) Age 45 (2) Education 46 (3) Occupation 47 (4) Marital status 48 (5) Location 48 b. Clinic clients 49 (1) Age 49 (2) Occupation 50 (3) Marital status 52 (4) Location 52 2. Trends in young people's concerns on Sexual and Reproductive Health issues in Laos 53 3. Condom usage status 59 4. Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health services 63 B. Wants and Needs of Young people in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services 65 C. Perceptions of the impact of VYCHD 68 1. Which VYCHD activities had a positive impact and why? 69 2. Which activities had little impact and why? 69 3. How can VYCHD improve its activities? 71 VI. Findings 74 VII. Conclusion and Recommendations 77 A. Conclusion 77 B. Recommendations 78 Bibliography 82 Appendix 1. Interview Question (For Partners) 89 Appendix 2. Question for Group Discussion with Young People 91 Appendix 3. Functioning Organizational Chart of Vientiane Youth Center for Health and Development 93 Appendix 4. Biography of Young People who Participate in Group Discussion 94 Appendix 5. Characteristic of Respondents of VYCHDs Partner Interview 95 국문초록 96-
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dc.publisher이화여자대학교 국제대학원-
dc.subject.ddc300-
dc.titleAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Role of Vientiane Youth Center for Health and Development, Laos-
dc.typeMaster's Thesis-
dc.format.pageix, 97-
dc.description.localremark석0548-
dc.contributor.examiner박혜윤-
dc.contributor.examiner조혜림-
dc.contributor.examiner임은미-
dc.identifier.thesisdegreeMaster-
dc.identifier.major국제대학원 국제학과-
dc.date.awarded2016. 2-
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