scholarly journals Barriers to access reproductive health care for pregnant adolescent girls: a qualitative study in Tanzania

2015 ◽  
Vol 104 (12) ◽  
pp. 1291-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfine Hokororo ◽  
Albert F. Kihunrwa ◽  
Samuel Kalluvya ◽  
John Changalucha ◽  
Daniel W. Fitzgerald ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Trang Dao Nguyen Dieu ◽  
Huy Nguyen Vu Quoc ◽  
Thanh Cao Ngoc ◽  
Ngoc Phan Thi Bich

Objectives: To describe the knowledge, attitudes, practices of reproductive health care among adolescent girls in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province and to identify the related factors to reproductive health care in adolescent girls. To assess the results of intervention solutions of reproductive health care in adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study design. A study design for community intervention comparision with control group. Results: The percentage of adolescents with not good knowledge, attitudes and practices on reproductive health care has accounted for fairly high as respectively: 85.9%, 73.9%, 72.9%. There is an a relationship between education level, adolescent stage with general knowledge on adolescent reproductive health care (p < 0.05). There is a relationship between ethnicity, education level, adolescent stage with the general attitude on adolescent reproductive health care (p < 0.05). There is a relationship between knowledge, attitude, education level, adolescent stage, economic condition, the condition of the family living at the percentage of general practice on adolescent reproductive health care (p < 0.05). The effective of intervention: Good knowlegde increase from 10% to 24.1%. Good attitude increase from 16.7% to 61.4%. Good practice increase from 27.1% to 42.9%. The effective of intervention: change knowlegde: 21.6%, change attitude: 54.2%, change practice: 34.6%. Conclusion: There is need to enhance the communication and education reproductive health for aldolescent girls and to enhance communication knowlegde and skills for reproductive health staff. Keywords: adolescents, get married early, reproductive health.


Author(s):  
Zainab Alimoradi ◽  
Nourossadat Kariman ◽  
Fazlollah Ahmadi ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar

AbstractBackgroundAdolescence is one of the most important stages in every individual’s life. Pubertal changes and acquiring reproduction capability require adolescents to perform special health care processes. Also the possibility of involvement in high-risk sexual behaviors endangers adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health.ObjectiveIncrease and deepen the understanding and knowledge of the factors affecting Iranian adolescent girls’ readiness to take care of their sexual and reproductive health.Materials and methodsThe present qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis method. The participants included 18 adolescents who were aged 13–19 years old, single, studying at high school, art school, or university and had no history of chronic medical or psychological diseases; further, most of them had the experience of menstruation. Purposive sampling was initiated and continued until data saturation. Data collection were performed using in-depth and unstructured interviews. Qualitative content analysis of the interviews was conducted simultaneously with data collection using the Graneheim and Lundman approach .MAXQDA 2010 software was used for storage, retrieval, and management of the data.FindingsPreparation for care was the main theme that emerged in this study along with 19 subcategories and four main categories, including desirable interaction between families and adolescents, readiness for puberty and menstruation, life skills and spiritual self-monitoring.ConclusionThe education and health care systems’ authorities of the country can exploit the results of this study for making policies and interventions expedient to the society’s cultural conditions in order to improve the reproductive and sexual self-care status of adolescents’ girls.


10.19082/3279 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 3279-3288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roghieh Bayrami ◽  
Robab Latifnejad Roudsari ◽  
Hamid Allahverdipour ◽  
Mojgan Javadnoori ◽  
Habibollah Esmaily

2017 ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Nguyen Dieu Trang Dao ◽  
Thi Bich Ngoc Phan ◽  
Vu Quoc Huy Nguyen

Objectives: To describe the knowledge, attitudes, practices of reproductive health care among adolescent girls in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province and identify the related factors to reproductive health care in adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province. All 960 adolescent girls between 10 – 19 years old of 8 communes in A Luoi district participated in the study. Results: - The percentage of adolescents with not good knowledge, attitudes and practices on reproductive health care has accounted for fairly high as respectively: 85.9%, 73.9%, 68.4%. - The percentage of adolescents who have had sexual relative were 6.4%, in which 18% has used contraceptive methods. - The percentage of adolescents who get married early were 50% among adolescents who get married, the percentage of consanguineous marriage were 15.4%. - The percentage of pregnant adolescents were 4.9%. The proportion of adolescents with abortion were 0.1% - The percentage of lower genital tract infections in adolescents was 2.2%. - There is an a relationship between education level, adolescent stage with general knowledge on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05). - There is a relationship between ethnicity, education level, adolescent stage with the general attitude on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05). - There is a relationship between ethnicity, education level, adolescent stage, economic conditions, the condition of the family living at the percentage of general practice on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05) Conclusion: The knowledge, attitudes, practices of reproductive health care among adolescent girls are not good. There is an a relationship between education level, adolescent stage with general knowledge, general attitude and general practice on adolescent reproductive health care(p <0.05)There is need to enhance the communication and education reproductive health for aldolescent girls and enhance communication knowlegde and skills for reproductive health staff. Key words: adolescents, get married early, reproductive health


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