Removing Barriers to Adolescents' Access to Contraceptive Information and Services

Bankole, Akinrinola; Malarcher, S

doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2010.00232.x

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“…On the other hand, unmarried adolescents face greater barriers to SRH information and services due primarily to social norms around sexual activity outside marriage, particularly for girls (Bankole and Malarcher, 2010). In Latin America and SubSaharan Africa, almost half of sexually active unmarried adolescent girls have an unmet need for contraception (40% and 45%, respectively) (Bankole and Malarcher, 2010).…”

Section: Proximal Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Rankin¹,

Heard²,

Diaz³

2017

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The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is an international grant-making nongovernmental organisation promoting evidence-informed development policies and programmes. We are the global leader in funding and producing high-quality evidence of what works, for whom, why and at what cost. We believe that better and policy-relevant evidence will help make development more effective and improve people's lives. 3ie scoping papers 3ie develops its thematic grant programmes in a particular development area or sector through an organised scoping process. This multifaceted exercise helps ensure that new windows address priorities for evidence production where evidence is limited and gaps have been identified. 3ie scopes the demand for evidence through consultation with potential users, including policymakers, programme managers, researchers and civil society. Scoping exercises usually include producing an evidence map of interventions and outcomes of included studies and reviews. This aids identification of where more or better evidence is needed and where evidence is sufficient for producing systematic reviews. Other scoping can include reviewing existing programming and funding. The results include priority questions for which there is demand for answers. Scoping papers consolidate this information into a justification for what a thematic grant programme will address. About this paper3ie conducted scoping work on adolescent sexual and reproductive health to assess evidence on the effectiveness of related programmes in low-and middle-income countries, and to identify priorities for funding new 3ie impact evaluations and systematic reviews in this area. An evidence gap map is reported in this paper, and is also available in the 3ie Evidence Gap Map Report series, Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: an evidence gap map. An interactive version of the map is available on the 3ie website. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation provided funding for this scoping project.All of the content is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not represent the opinions of 3ie, its donors or its Board of Commissioners. Any errors and omissions are also the sole responsibility of the authors. Any comments or queries should be directed to the corresponding author, Kristen Rankin, at krankin@3ieimpact.org. AcknowledgementsWe are extremely grateful to James Jarvis-Thiébault, Nadine Pfeifer, Mark Englebert, Julie Perng and Ashley Holst for their research assistance. We could not have done this work without the support and leadership of Annette N Brown and further technical support and review comments from Beryl Leach. We appreciate Edoardo Masset's helpful review comments on the evidence gap map. 3ie developed the evidence gap map with guidance and input from an advisory group, who also reviewed this draft. We are very thankful to its members, listed below. Additionally, 3ie would like to thank the wide range of stakeholders who participated in consultative workshops and a roundtable. A complete list of particip...

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Section: Proximal Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Latin America and SubSaharan Africa, almost half of sexually active unmarried adolescent girls have an unmet need for contraception (40% and 45%, respectively) (Bankole and Malarcher, 2010).…”

Section: Proximal Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Rankin¹,

Heard²,

Diaz³

2017

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“…4 The last two factors lead the adolescents to begin sexually active behavior. 5 The high prevalence of STIs can be caused by lack of knowledge about STIs. 2 A study conducted by Kurkowski 6 discovered that adolescents had low knowledge about STIs.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Senior High School Students in Jatinangor towards Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2013

Hendrana¹,

Mutyara²,

Rowawi³

2015

amj

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Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are major health problem. Until today, the prevalence of STIs is still high and the incidence is increasing. Almost half of STIs new cases occur in adolescents and young adults. It is assumed that there is a positive correlation of knowledge about STIs with attitude and practices; therefore, giving proper information of STIs to adolescents could influence their safe sexual practices, and further, it can prevent STIs to occur. The objective of this study is to discover knowledge and attitude of senior high school students in Jatinangor towards STIs. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Sekolah Menengah Atas Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (SMA PGRI) Jatinangor and Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri (SMAN) Jatinangor from May to September 2013. Questionnaires were completed by 278 respondents selected by stratified cluster random sampling. Results: More than half respondents had poor knowledge about STIs (56.5%) while 53.2% of the respondents had positive attitude towards STIs. Most mentioned choices as the information source of STIs were teacher (66.5%), followed by television/radio (45.3%), friends (37.8%), newspaper/magazine (21.2%), mother (16.2%), sibling (7.2%), and father (6.5%). Conclusions:More detail information about STIs is needed by adolescents as a way to encourage safe sexual practices. Teacher and parents are expected to be the source information of STIs while mass media can also be used to educate adolescents. Education on STIs for teachers is also needed since they are as the main source for educating the adolescents. [AMJ.2015;2(4):

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“…After all, this could lead to what would be considered a major impediment to a healthy life 36 . It is clear, therefore, that there is a violation of the rights to privacy, confidentiality and secrecy, all of which are key pillars to adolescent access to health services 7,25,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37] . On analyzing treatment for victims of violence, in more than a third of units, the presence of a guardian was found to be required (Table 2).…”

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Saúde sexual e reprodutiva para a população adolescente, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Taquette

Monteiro

Rodrigues

et al. 2017

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

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Resumo Objetivamos analisar a distribuição geográfica, a estrutura de atendimento e os recursos humanos das unidades do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) que prestam serviços em saúde sexual e reprodutiva (SSR) à população adolescente, na segunda maior cidade do Brasil. Realizamos estudo transversal com mapeamento geográfico e coleta de dados por meio de questionário aplicado aos coordenadores, em todas as 147 unidades ambulatoriais do Rio de Janeiro, dispostas ao atendimento em SSR. Verificamos que todas as Regiões Administrativas (RA) desse município dispõem de unidades de atendimento para adolescentes, entretanto, em mais de 90% delas, eles são atendidos juntamente com a população adulta, sem turnos ou salas específicas. Em mais de 10% dos serviços, a assistência só é dada na presença do responsável. Em casos de violência sexual a proporção mostrou-se ainda maior, chegando a atingir 34% dos casos. Em apenas 12,9% das unidades são realizadas atividades educativas direcionadas a adolescentes e constatou-se que menos de 1/3 dos médicos estava capacitado para lidar com a saúde do adolescente. Em conclusão, apesar da larga distribuição geográfica das unidades de saúde, a estrutura do atendimento e os recursos humanos não atendem a contento as especificidades do público adolescente.

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Removing Barriers to Adolescents' Access to Contraceptive Information and Services

Cited by 116 publications

References 9 publications

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Knowledge and Attitude of Senior High School Students in Jatinangor towards Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2013

Saúde sexual e reprodutiva para a população adolescente, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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