Recommendations for Undergraduate Public Health Education
Recommendations for Undergraduate Public Health Education
A nationwide survey of more than 15,000 young people ages 10 to 29 conducted in 2009 by the Population Council in Cairo showed that schools do little to provide SRH information and that the information available to youth outside of school is not necessarily accurate or helpful. 3 The survey found that less than 15 percent of boys and 5 percent of girls received information on puberty in school. The survey also found that the most common reactions to menarche (the onset of a girl’s period)—report
