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Youth is a an age group which links childhood with adulthood. Youth is a stage in the life cycle which is significant from the perspective of individual and also national development. It establishes a continuum between the past, present and the future generation. Youth is also the life span when sexuality is discovered exposing them to the risk of pregnancy, child bearing and infection of sexually transmitted diseases.Health of the youth and development are intricately linked. Absence of disease and wellbeing is important for the functional man-days in any economy. A large share of labor-force is comprised of youth. The share of youth in total population is increasing. Critical life course events such as completion of education, entry into job, marriage, sexual experience, parenthood, occur during this phase. Youth are marrying later and becoming sexually active before marriage. Family matters a lot for Filipino youth. Therefore, communication with adults on issues of importance is likely to bring about a smooth transition to adulthood for them. The present book examines this intricacy of youth-adult relationship.

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Sanghmitra S Acharya, Associate Professor, JNU, was faculty in IIPS,Mumbai (1990-99),UNFPA Fellow,University of Bostwana (1995- 96); ASF Fellow (2005) UPPI,Manila,Philippines; and Adjunct Associate Professor,at Ball State University, Muncie INDIANA (US) during 2008-09. Her research is in the area of youth, health and discrimination.

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