Sex education and sexual behaviour of adolescents in Japan.
In Japan sex education has been introduced into the general curriculum of primary schools since 1992. But due to the lack of cooperation between schools and health organisations, it cannot always be said that an effective and proper sex education has been given to students. According to the nationwide survey of the Japan Association on Sex Education on the sexual behaviour of students, the rate of students having had sexual experiences has risen for both boys and girls. As a result of the remarkable increase of teenage induced abortions since 1975, the Japan Family Planning Association started a programme for adolescent health issues in 1980, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare set up a project in 1981, which included counseling for adolescents over telephone or in person. In 1991 another project, called the "Infant Association Learning Experience" was initiated as well as peer education by trained nurse students with collaboration between educational and health organisations in order to promote sex education; this had the close cooperation of families, schools and health organisations in the community.
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Japan Family Planning Association, Kamakura, Japan.
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data