The Internet as a source of reproductive health information among adolescent girls in an urban city in Nigeria

Nwagwu, Williams

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-354

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“…16 A study in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, however, found that the internet was not the first choice among young people to get information on reproductive health. 17 Statistics show that social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are more and more accessed on the African continent. Due to increased broadband mobile internet coverage, even rural sites in many African countries now allow young people to connect anywhere with reception.…”

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“…18,19 According to a World Bank report, in 2012 Africa's mobile phone market had about 650 million subscribers, 20 a 40-fold increase since 2000. 17 As a result, user rates are expected to go down, which will speed up consumption even among population groups with less money, such as adolescents. 21 In Tanzania approximately 62% of the population have mobile phone access at home, 82% in urban areas and 54% in rural areas.…”

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“…9,[11][12][13][14] While information about the use of social networking sites by youth in the developed world is growing, there are very few studies among African youth, in general or with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. [15][16][17] Halpern et al looked at the utility of a webbased reproductive health education project in two urban sites in Kenya and Brazil, 15 to see if there were differences between adolescents who participated in the project and those who did not. The hoped-for outcomes were modest.…”

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The use of social media among adolescents in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara, Tanzania

Pfeiffer¹,

Kleeb

Mbelwa

et al. 2014

Reproductive Health Matters

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The use of social media among adolescents in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara, Tanzania

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Mbelwa

et al. 2014

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“…Mobile phones enable young people to increase social, informational and locational capital, mobilising dispersed social networks to obtain health information and resources within and beyond the immediate geographical locale. None of our study participants (of all whom were relatively resource-poor) had used the internet to access health resources; however, in other West African (urban) contexts, the internet is becoming an important source of healthcare information for young people (Nwagwu, 2007).…”

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Out of the reach of children? Young people’s health-seeking practices and agency in Africa’s newly-emerging therapeutic landscapes

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Porter²,

Owusu³

et al. 2011

Social Science & Medicine

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Publisher's copyright statement: NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Social science medicine. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Social science medicine, 73/5, 2011, 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.035 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN? YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH-SEEKING AGENCY IN AFRICA'S NEWLY-EMERGING THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES AbstractDespite a dominant view within Western biomedicine that children and medicines should be kept apart, a growing literature suggests that children and adolescents (in both Western and developing-country contexts) often take active roles in healthseeking. Here, we consider young people's health-seeking practices in Ghana: a country with a rapidly changing therapeutic landscape, characterised by the recent introduction of health insurance, mass advertising of medicines, and increased use of mobile phones. Qualitative and quantitative data are presented from eight field-sites in urban and rural Ghana, including 131 individual interviews, focus groups, plus a questionnaire survey of 1005 9-to-17-year-olds. We show that many young people take active responsibility for their own (and others') healthcare. However, there is substantial variation in healthseeking practices and associated agency; these processes are shaped by (and also shape) resources available, including economic, social, cultural, psychological, informational and locational forms of capital. Dynamic interactions between resources and healthseeking agency operate within a wider, rapidly-changing therapeutic landscape, which has opened access to a greater range of healthcare possibilities. We conclude by considering implications for health and wellbeing, and suggest possible interventions for facilitating young people to seek healthcare safely and effectively.

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“…Girls unduly bear the consequences of the poor access to SRH information and services, male dominance in sexual negotiation and early pregnancy. 40 Early marriage in teenage girls also makes a significant contribution to the occurrence of teenage pregnancy especially in northern Nigeria. 41 …”

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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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The Internet as a source of reproductive health information among adolescent girls in an urban city in Nigeria

Cited by 63 publications

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The use of social media among adolescents in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara, Tanzania

The use of social media among adolescents in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara, Tanzania

Out of the reach of children? Young people’s health-seeking practices and agency in Africa’s newly-emerging therapeutic landscapes

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

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