The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) will bring in several new dimensions, which listed as- mental health, nutrition, substance misuse, gender based violence and non-communicable diseases.
It have been confined to sexual and reproductive health of adolescents that too at select government facilities.
The programme introduces community based interventions through peer educators, and is underpinned by collaborations with other Ministries and State governments, knowledge partners and more research.
Referring to the strategic approach to RMNCH+A (Reproductive, Maternal, New born, Child Health + Adolescent) in which `A` denotes adolescents.
It new focus on adolescents is in recognition of the fact that without adolescent health, maternal and childhealth outcomes may continue to elude us.
The RKSK programme defines an adolescent as a person within 10-19 years of age, in urban and rural areas, includes both girls and boys, married and unmarried, poor and affluent, whether they are in school or out of school.
This broad definition helps to address the myriad problems of adolescents across various groups and categories. The programme emphasis seven ‘Cs”- coverage, content, communication, counselling, clinics and convergence.
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