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Sexual health policy analysis in selected European Countries

Contents:

1 Introduction 2 Background 3 Research approach 4 Sexual health and social policy: a review of the literature 5 Finnish policy development and teenage sexual health 6 French policy development and teenage sexual health 7 Dutch policy development and teenage sexual health 8 Romanian policy development and teenage sexual health 9 Scottish policy development and teenage sexual health 10 Comparative discussion 11 Conclusions and recommendations Appendix 1 Comparable statistics Appendix 2 European countries by current type of abortion law Appendix 3 Country time lines Bibliography

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