Constituting a valuable resource, youth deserve more attention regarding their rights through increased access to sexual and reproductive health services. Limitations in health service delivery for youth should be overcome, whether pertaining to restrictive legislation and policies or technical approaches. Clear clinical guidelines will improve quality of care thereby complying with national commitments to international legal instruments. It is apt for both decision-makers and service providers to celebrate International Youth Day on Monday 12 August, by paying special consideration to innovative approaches for the delivery of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services that are adaptable to local circumstances.
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Sci Rep
January 2025
The PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Structural stigma towards gender minority (GM; people whose current gender does not align with sex assigned at birth) people is an important contributor to minority stress (i.e., stress experienced due to one's marginalized GM identity), although existing variables are unclear in their inclusion of social norms, or societal stigma, as a key component of the construct.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Reproductive life planning is key, now that people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) may live into their 60s. This study explores contraceptive use, pregnancy trends, and whether concomitant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator therapy reduces contraceptive effectiveness.
Methods: Females with CF aged 18-45 years from 10 U.
BMJ Glob Health
January 2025
Population Council, Nairobi, Kenya.
Introduction: Climate change is shaping adolescent and young people's (AYP) transitions to adulthood with significant and often compounding effects on their physical and mental health. The climate crisis is an intergenerational inequity, with the current generation of young people exposed to more climate events over their lifetime than any previous one. Despite this injustice, research and policy to date lacks AYP's perspectives and active engagement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEcotoxicol Environ Saf
January 2025
Fisheries College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430070, China. Electronic address:
The toxicity of tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) has been extensively investigated because of its prevalence in the environment. Nevertheless, the risk factors associated with maternal transmission are poorly understood. In this study, sexually mature female zebrafish were treated with TBOEP (0, 20, 100, and 500 μg/L) for 30 days and were mated with unexposed males.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Sex Reprod Health
January 2025
Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
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