National youth program

4.5. Measures and activities
Measure 1. UPGRADING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PERSONS
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
1.1. Drafting of Practical Guidelines for Reproductive Health of Young 
Persons (for girls and boys respectively) with particular emphasis on early 
discovery and timely treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and cervical 
cancer.
2010
1.2. Adoption of Practical Guidelines as mandatory for school age children 
health care services and gynecological ambulances working with adolescents. 
To introduce a system of continual and regular statistic monitoring of data 
from the said activity in the National Institute of Public Health.
2011
1.3. To conduct a prevention program for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other 
contagious or sexually transmitted diseases.
2009 and ongoing
1.4. To organize mobile advisory teams of experts for rural and distant areas.
2011
1.5. To organize a monitoring system for suicide attempts and suicides (to 
organize a unique database) within the healthcare system.
2010
1.6. To adopt a Program for Prevention of Suicide.
2011
1.7. To adopt legal or practical regulation about the implementation of 
measure of psychiatric care and treatment for young persons in need 
of temporary institutionalization on the basis of the Act for Protection of 
Persons with Mental Disorders and the Juvenile Courts Act.
2011
1.8. To organize specialized institutions (or special departments within 
existing institutions) for the implementation of the measure of psychiatric 
care and treatment of young persons in macro regional centers.
2012
CARRIER:
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Ministry of Interior 
Ministry of Justice
Croatian National Institute for Public Health
State Institute for Statistics
Croatian Institute for Mental Health
Croatian Society for School and University Medicine of the CMA
county institutes for public health
units of local and regional self-administration
FUNDING:
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
units of local and regional self-administration

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REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− adopted Practical Guidelines for Reproductive Health of Young 
Persons
− number of mobile advisory teams of experts for rural and distant 
areas
− monitoring system for suicide attempts and suicides organized 
within the healthcare system
− adopted legal or practical regulation about the implementation 
of measure of psychiatric care and treatment for young persons in 
need of temporary institutionalization
Measure 2. TO ORGANIZE MULTIPURPOSE COUNSELLING CENTERS WITHIN THE HEALTH 
CARE SYSTEM, IN SCHOOL CLINICS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
SYSTEM AND COMPETENT ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY. EVERY 
COUNTY SHOULD HAVE A DEPARTMENT WHICH WOULD SERVE AS A CENTER 
FOR INFORMATION SUPPORT, CONDUCT GOOD PROGRAMS REGARDING 
THE STDs, ADDICTIONS, AID IN CRISIS SITUATIONS, RISKY BEHAVIOR, GENDER 
PROBLEMS, SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
2.1. To improve the knowledge and skills of school clinics’ doctors to be 
able to work in counselling centers for reproductive health with pupils from 
primary and high schools, and students.
2009 and ongoing
2.2. To train school doctors to notice problems more efficiently and to 
solve problems regarding reproductive health and prevention measures in 
accordance with the National Program for Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
2009 and ongoing
2.3. To draft professional criteria and practices for work with young persons 
in connection with sexually transmitted infections and contraception in 
Counselling Centers for Reproductive Health in school clinics.
2009
2.4. To pursue the establishment of the Counselling Centers for Reproductive 
Health in school clinics.
2009 and ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Croatian National Institute for Public Health
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
FUNDING:
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration 
bodies

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IMPLEMENTATION INDICATORS:
− adoption of Action criteria
− organization of the system of statistical monitoring of 
reproductive health of young persons in Croatia
EFFICIENCY INDICATORS:
− more accessible preventive health care programs for youth
− more young persons included in preventive activities 
for prevention of addiction, sexual diseases, juvenile 
pregnancies, behavioural disorders, etc.