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24 Health and Physical Education - XI Role of Adolescent-friendly Health Services The children during adolescence are usually considered a healthy cohort. They generally do not have any medical problem. They just want to have some more information or knowledge about some of the concerns that may be troubling their mind. Often they do not get any proper answer for their concern and get frustrated and feel lost. They can easily be misled, and hence get into wrong habits and adopt risky behaviours. Adolescents are often quite reluctant to share many of their problems with parents, family members and teachers. They feel scared, ashamed or shy to discuss their problems with them since they believe that these people will get upset and will not be sensitive to their concerns. That is why, we need to encourage them to speak about their personal concern to someone whom they trust. One of the emerging health needs of the adolescents is accessibility and availability of health services for various health issues. The healthcare workers can play an important role in making the services adolescent-friendly and encouraging them to use the health services more often. These services are provided by trained healthcare workers in adolescent-friendly health centres. These centers are being Activity 2.4 established by the government in the form of adolescent- Does your school provide friendly health clinics. The adolescents feel shy and are training to be a peer facilitator? If not, please discuss it withuctant to use health services. Some of the reasons are lack your class teacher. Ask yourf privacy or confidentiality, lack of patience and sensitivity school to take up the training ofthe health workers, and also lack of friendly behaviour peer group educator/facilitfrom them. Role of Peer Educator or Peer Facilitator Training or providing education to some adolescents who can help, educate or counsel other adolescents is emerging as a powerful technique for addressing the health needs of the adolescents. Such adolescents are called as ‘Peer Group Facilitator/Educators’. They can help the adolescents to remove their shyness to talk to their parents, family members and teachers. Training is given to the children of senior classes to understand and guide to the best of their ability to address the health needs of friends, peers, and other children in the community. But at the same time, one should be aware of one’s limitations while giving information regarding sensitive issues and problems. Refer them to teachers or adolescent friendly services for appropriate support. As peer facilitator, Reprint 2026-27