Barriers to utilization of adolescent friendly health services in primary healthcare facilities in Armenia: a qualitative study

Hayrumyan, Varduhi; Grigoryan, Zaruhi; Sargsyan, Zhanna; Sahakyan, S; Aslanyan, Lusine; Harutyunyan, Arusyak

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“…The contemporary researches on the health of adolescent girls in developing countries have primarily focused on reproductive and sexual health and the nutritional aspects such as malnutrition, stunting, wasting, anaemia and so on (Geary et al, 2014;Mboweni & Sumbane, 2019;Omigbodun et al, 2010;Thongmixay et al, 2019). However, there is a dearth of subjective studies concerning behaviour, attitude, values, etc., which significantly determine health outcomes (Hayrumyan et al, 2020;Lim et al, 2012;Thongmixay et al, 2019). Rural adolescent girls of developing countries like India face an added burden of the societal image concerning their sexuality (Chauhan et al, 2015;M.…”

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“…Healthy development and the overall well being of adolescents can be ensured by promoting access to health care facilities (Abuosi & Anaba, 2019;Hayrumyan et al, 2020). It is important not only for the treatment of diseases rather, it may ensure disease prevention, detection at an early stage, and overall better quality of life (Hayrumyan et al, 2020). However, adolescents girls are often deprived of or do not seek health care on time (Abuosi & Anaba, 2019;Singh et al, 1999).…”

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“…Some of these barriers are structural or organisational in nature, including the unavailability of health care services and personnel, long travelling distances to get health services, etc. (Hayrumyan et al, 2020;Geary et al, 2014). The health facilities in developing countries like India are primarily constrained by such inadequacies and limitations (Ravi & Kulasekaran, 2014;Sulakshana et al, 2012).…”

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“…Quality health care can be ensured by providing health literacy and awareness, community support, competencies of the health personnel, equity and non-discrimination and adolescent's participation. It is obvious that the majority of the barriers that they face could be resolved by provisioning an appropriate and quality health care system (Hayrumyan et al, 2020).…”

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“…In rural areas, sociological factors such as economic condition, education, gendered family structure, etc. act as the significant limiting factors to access health care services (Geary et al, 2014;Hayrumyan et al, 2020;Ray et al, 2011). The poor economic condition undeniably hinders the prospects of health care seeking.…”

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Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

Dholey

Sarkar

2021

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Adolescence in girls is a crucial transition phase during which they experience biological and psychological changes along with changes in social outlook. This phase provides an opportunity to lay the foundation for their future health. But, in rural areas, adolescent girls are often deprived of better nutrition and proper health care guide, resulting in serious health issues like malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and anaemia. Moreover, their access to health care services is subjected to various constraints as infrastructural and societal barriers such as regressive norms, social stigma, gendered family structure, etc. Thus, the present study attempts to explore the perceived barriers that prevent rural adolescent girls from accessing health care services at the micro-level. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out after randomly selecting 120 adolescent girls in the age cohort of 10-19 years in the Raina-I block of Purba Bardhaman district. The results suggested that societal barriers have a significant influence over health-related decision-making. Besides, lack of quality health care services and economic burden are some of the other significant obstacles observed here.

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Health Literacy and Utilization of Reproductive Health Services Among High School Students

Arifah

Safari

Fieryanjodi

2022

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Background: Utilization of reproductive health service may improve adolescent health and prevent reproductive health problems in adulthood. However, the proportion of adolescents who uses the available services remains low. Many factors influenced the services use among adolescents. The relation of adolescents’ health literacy and reproductive health service use was not fully understood. This study intended to examine the relationship between health literacy and use of reproductive health counseling service among high school students in one school in Banyumas Regency, controlling other variables (knowledge, acceptability, age, and sex). Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in March-April 2021 in one high school (SMA Negeri 4 Purwokerto), Banyumas regency, Central Java Province. Samples were 170 students purposively chosen from the first and second grade who were willing to fill the self-administered online questionnaire. Data of health literacy were collected using eHEALS questionnaire. Other data were obtained using valid and reliable self-design questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression was deployed to analyze the relationship between variables. Results: Health literacy had a significant relationship with the use of reproductive health services among adolescents. The probability of the reproductive health counseling service was doubled if they had a good health literacy level among students who had high acceptability toward the service and were female with an OR value of 2.1 (95% CI 1.01-4.49). In conclusion, adolescent’s health literacy level is associated with the utilization of reproductive health services. Further research is needed to confirm the association between the variables in more extensive settings.

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Características contextuais e procura por serviços de saúde entre adolescentes brasileiros: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019

Silva,

Nunes,

Lima

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Cad. Saúde Pública

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Resumo: Os objetivos foram descrever a prevalência de procura por serviços de saúde entre adolescentes brasileiros e investigar sua associação com características contextuais do território. O estudo utilizou dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde de 2019, realizada com 43.774 indivíduos de 10 a 19 anos. A informação do adolescente foi obtida por meio de um morador proxy de 18 anos ou mais que respondia por si e por todos os moradores da casa. A regressão de Poisson foi utilizada para avaliar a procura por serviços de saúde de acordo com região geopolítica, situação censitária e tipo de município. Também foi avaliada a interação da variável “plano de saúde” nessas associações. Do total, 11,7% (IC95%: 11,1; 12,3) dos adolescentes procuraram serviços de saúde nas duas semanas anteriores à pesquisa. Maiores prevalências de procura foram observadas nas regiões Sudeste (RP = 1,32; IC95%: 1,15; 1,52) e Sul (RP = 1,31; IC95%: 1,13; 1,52) em comparação à Região Norte do país. O acesso a plano de saúde aumentou a busca pelos serviços por adolescentes residentes nas áreas rurais e nas capitais e municípios das Regiões Metropolitanas e/ou Regiões Integradas de Desenvolvimento. O estudo evidenciou baixa prevalência de procura por serviços de saúde entre adolescentes e desigualdades contextuais para a região geopolítica. Ter plano de saúde foi um marcador importante para entender as disparidades na situação censitária e no tipo de município.

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Barriers to utilization of adolescent friendly health services in primary healthcare facilities in Armenia: a qualitative study

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

Health Literacy and Utilization of Reproductive Health Services Among High School Students

Características contextuais e procura por serviços de saúde entre adolescentes brasileiros: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019

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