title: [The Adolescent Sexuality Hot-line--a 4-year study].
abstract: The first Adolescent Sexuality Hot-Line in Denmark was launched in January 1992. The hot-line offers anonymous, professional telephone counselling to teenagers. During its initial four years, 6174 persons called, consisting of approximately 60% boys and 40% girls. Four major categories were: "basic information" (22.8%), "sexual problems" (21.5%), "contraception" (11.3%) and "pregnancy" (9.1%). Characteristically, callers (especially boys) have become significantly older over the four-year-period, coincident with a significant prolongation of the length of the calls. This might be seen as a reflection of a genuine-but as yet unaccommodated-need for sexual counselling in age groups older than the intended target-group. The need for sufficient sexological counselling in a mature population is well established in several other Danish studies.
authors.affiliation: Foreningen Sex og Samfund, Hellerup.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Graugaard
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Metz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003267:Contraception; D003376:Counseling; D003718:Denmark; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education
vernacular_title: Sexlinien for unge--en fireårsopgørelse.