Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access

Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman; McCarraher, Donna R.; Phillips, Sharon J.; Williamson, Nancy E.; Hainsworth, Gwyn

doi:10.1186/1742-4755-11-1

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“…Of these deaths, about 31,000 are due to unsafe abortion in the subregion 4 . Still within the region, 25% of married women of reproductive age have an unmet need for family planning 2,5 , with evidence suggesting even higher unmet need ranging from 48%-64% in some sub-Saharan African countries 6 . Each year, about 50 million women are infected with one of four major curable STIs -chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis or trichomoniasis.…”

Section: African Journal Of Reproductive Health September 2016 (Specimentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

Kumar

Banke-Thomas

2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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Despite efforts, sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve many key Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) targets under the Millennium Development Goals. In the post 2015 era, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will frame decisions on donor priorities and resource allocations. Successfully addressing SRH challenges in sub-Saharan Africa have been blunted due to fragmentation of SRH interventions in planning and implementation, lack of coherence between policies and program implementation, resulting in poor program performance and lack of accountability. We suggest the Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework offers a strategic approach for sub-Saharan Africa in support of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SRH programs given its capacity to capture social and economic impacts, stakeholder participation, and sensitivity towards key human rights concerns relevant to SRH. SROI disrupts a -business as usual‖ approach for one that is systematic, participatory, and supportive of economic and human rights needs for success in the SDG era. RésuméMalgré les efforts, l'Afrique subsaharienne n'a pas atteint beaucoup d'objectifs clés de santé sexuelle et de la reproduction (SSR) dans le cadre des objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. Dans l'ère post-2015, les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) encadreront les décisions sur les priorités des donateurs et les allocations de ressources. Aborder avec succès les défis de SSR en Afrique sub-saharienne a été émoussée en raison de la fragmentation des interventions SSR dans la planification et la mise en oeuvre, le manque de cohérence entre les politiques et la mise en oeuvre du programme, ce qui entraîne une mauvaise 'exécution du programme et un manque de responsabilité. Nous suggérons que le retour social sur le cadre de l'investissement (RSSI) offre une approche stratégique pour l'Afrique subsaharienne à l'appui de la mise en oeuvre, le suivi et l'évaluation des programmes de SSR compte tenu de sa capacité à capter les impacts sociaux et économiques, la participation des parties prenantes, et la sensibilité envers les préoccupations clés des droits de l'homme relatives à la SSR. Le RSSI perturbe une approche de « la vie continue comme si de rien n'est» pour celui qui est systématique, participatif et solidaire par rapport aux besoins économiques et des droits de l'homme pour réussir dans l'ère des ODD. (Afr J Reprod Health 2016 (Edition Spéciale); 20[3]: 85-93).Motsclés: Objectifs de développement durable, retour social sur l'investissement; SROI, santé sexuelle et de la reproduction,' Afrique sub-saharienne, droits de l'homme.

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Section: African Journal Of Reproductive Health September 2016 (Specimentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

Kumar

Banke-Thomas

2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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“…More than a quarter of adolescents in developing countries reported that they had sex before the age 15, and 21-64% of youth (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) (6). In the Balkans, 41.3% of boys and 20.8% of girls have already experienced sexual intercourse.…”

Section: R E P R O D U C T I V E H E a L T H O F Y O U T H I N T H Ementioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive Health of Youth in the World and Serbia / Reproduktivno Zdravlje Mladih U Svetu I Srbiji

Radulović¹,

Babić²,

Veljković³

et al. 2014

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide about it. It is directly conditioned by social, cultural and behavior factors.One in every five people in the world is an adolescent, and 85% of them live in developing countries. In many countries, taboos and norms about sexuality pose strong barriers to providing information, health services and other forms of support needed by young people to safeguard their sexual and reproductive health.The regulation of fertility is the most important factor that affects the reproductive health. Adolescents are not sufficiently aware of the possibility of contraception or sexually transmitted infections. In Serbia, 84% of boys and 65% girls (adolescents) have had sexual experience. Worldwide, 36-70% of adolescents do not use contraception and unwanted pregnancies are the reason for 90% of unwanted births and 89% of unsafe abortions.There are many programs in the world which aim to increase the knowledge about preservation of reproductive health. There are not any national programs in our country for family planning and preservation of reproductive health in youth population. In national strategy for youth are given different ways of youth education in the field of health promotion, including promotion of reproductive health.In order to ensure that adolescents have the ability to achieve good health, we must provide information and education in a timely manner, and we need to provide life skills and choices.

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“…40 Early marriage in teenage girls also makes a significant contribution to the occurrence of teenage pregnancy especially in northern Nigeria. 41 …”

Section: Sociocultural Factorsmentioning

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Integrating mHealth into adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion in Nigeria: prospects and barriers

Ihesie

Chukwuogo

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is a key public health issue because of its impact on health and development. Adolescent SRH is linked to available information which often determines sexual behaviours. The use of mobile phones for health (mHealth) has shown success in delivering health education and behaviour change interventions for young people for smoking cessation, nutrition and in SRH. This article explores the possible prospects and barriers to the use of mHealth for ASRH promotion in Nigeria. This paper reviews secondary data from international and local literature obtained from database search. A conceptual framework and an applicability and transferability (A&T) tool guided the analysis of ASRH issues and feasibility of mHealth use in ASRH in Nigeria. The prospects of mHealth use for ASRH in Nigeria include the widespread coverage of mobile phone services and the acceptability of its use for health by Nigerian adolescents, unmet need in ASRH information provision and the similarity of some characteristics of Nigerian adolescents to other study populations where mHealth has been successfully used. Other prospects include the Nigerian government’s focus on ICT solutions and the availability of essential technical and organisational expertise for implementation. Possible barriers to the successful use of mHealth include poor funding for ASRH and inadequate information on implementation costs and cost-effectiveness which may make it difficult to present a business case. In conclusion, the use of mHealth in ASRH promotion in Nigeria is feasible and can be effective, however, measures must be taken to address specific barriers identified.

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Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access

Cited by 597 publications

References 16 publications

Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa

Reproductive Health of Youth in the World and Serbia / Reproduktivno Zdravlje Mladih U Svetu I Srbiji

Integrating mHealth into adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion in Nigeria: prospects and barriers

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