scholarly journals Reproductive health needs of recently incarcerated youth during community reentry: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-171
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Barnert ◽  
Ava Sun ◽  
Laura Abrams ◽  
Paul J Chung
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Incarcerated Youth ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Reentry ◽  
Sexually Transmitted

BackgroundYouth involved in the juvenile justice system have high reproductive health needs and, on exiting detention, face the challenging transition of reentry. We conducted a systematic literature review to describe what is known about youths’ reproductive health needs during community reentry after incarceration.MethodsWe searched PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for articles containing key words with the concepts ‘child or adolescent’, ‘incarcerated’ and 'reentry'. In the search, we defined the concept of ‘reentry’ as within 1 month prior to release (to include interventions involving pre-release planning) and up to 18 months after release from incarceration.ResultsOur search yielded 2187 articles. After applying all exclusion criteria, 14 articles on reproductive health remained for extraction. The articles provided data on the following aspects of youths’ reproductive health: frequency of condom use (eight articles), sexual risk behaviours other than lack of condom use (seven articles), and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (three articles).ConclusionsThe literature on the reproductive health needs of youth undergoing reentry is extremely limited. Current intervention studies yield mixed but promising results and more intervention studies that address both pre-release reentry planning and the post-incarceration period are needed. Given incarcerated youths’ well-documented reproductive health disparities compared with non-incarcerated adolescents, the identified gaps represent important opportunities for future research and programmatic emphasis.

scholarly journals Sexual and reproductive health services provided by community pharmacists: a scoping review

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e047034
Author(s):  
Javiera Navarrete ◽  
Nese Yuksel ◽  
Theresa J Schindel ◽  
Christine A Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chlamydia Screening ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Reproductive Health Services

ObjectivesPharmacists are increasingly providing patient-focused services in community pharmacies, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Specific SRH areas have been the focus of research, but a broader perspective is needed to position pharmacists as SRH providers. This review explored research that described and evaluated professional pharmacy services across a broad range of SRH areas.DesignScoping reviewData sourcesMedline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane Library (January 2007–July 2020).Study selectionStudies reporting on the description and evaluation of professional pharmacy SRH services provided by community pharmacists.Data extractionTwo investigators screened studies for eligibility, and one investigator extracted the data. Data were analysed to primarily describe professional pharmacy services and intervention outcomes.ResultsForty-one studies were included. The main SRH areas and professional pharmacy services reported were sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (63%) and screening (39%), respectively. Findings showed that pharmacists’ delivery of SRH services was feasible, able to reach vulnerable and high-risk groups, and interventions were highly accepted and valued by users. However, integration into daily workflow, pharmacist remuneration, cost and reimbursement for patients, and policy regulations were some of the barriers identified to implementing SRH services. Studies were primarily in specific areas such as chlamydia screening or hormonal contraception prescribing, while studies in other areas (ie, medical abortion provision, long-acting reversible contraception prescribing and vaccine delivery in pregnant women) were lacking.ConclusionThis scoping review highlights the expansion of pharmacists’ roles beyond traditional product-focused services in a number of SRH areas. Given the potential feasibility, users’ acceptability and reach, pharmacists are ideally situated to enhance SRH care access. Future research describing implementation and evaluation of professional pharmacy services in all SRH areas is needed to promote access to these services through community pharmacies and position pharmacists as SRH providers worldwide.

scholarly journals Mothers' Knowledge about the Reproductive Health Needs of their Adolescent Girls

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
B Zaman ◽  
RM Shampa ◽  
MA Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

Introduction: Adolescent is an important segment of life while a child undergoes biological transformation.Objective: The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge of mothers about reproductive health needs of their adolescent girls. Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on the mothers having adolescent girls. Data was collected by face to face interview with a semi structured questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS. The knowledge of mothers was assessed by Likert scale.Place of study: The study was conducted at 5 schools of Dhaka city on 118 respondents over a period of four months.Results: It was revealed from the findings that among 118 mothers the mean age of respondents were 40.71 years with standard deviation ± 3.707 years. Majority (70%) of respondents were undergraduate qualified and rest were post graduats. Among the respondents, 64% of mothers did not want to provide information on reproductive health to their daughters. Seventy two percent of the respondents had average knowledge about puberty. Among the respondents, 47% had average knowledge regarding adolescent reproductive health problems and 77% of respondents had average knowledge about safe motherhood. Regarding the complication of unsafe abortion, 73% had average knowledge and 70% had average knowledge about consequence of early pregnancy. Fifty seven percent of the respondents had good knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Sixty one percent of the respondents had good knowledge regarding the high risk behaviour of the adolescents. Significant statistical association was found between knowledge and education, knowledge and occupation, and knowledge and source of information of reproductive health (p<0.05).Conclusion: The study findings may be helpful for baseline information and would be beneficial to the policymakers and programme planners to sophisticate further strategy to increase mothers' knowledge about the reproductive health needs of their adolescent girls.Key words: Knowledge; adolescent; reproductive health needs DOI: 10.3329/jafmc.v6i2.7266JAFMC Bangladesh. Vol 6, No 2 (December) 2010 pp.9-12

scholarly journals Sexual and Reproductive Health Challenges of female-headed Households, a Qualitative Study in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1412-1417
Author(s):  
Taghizadeh Z ◽  
Khoshnam Rad M
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Female Headed Households

Background: Female-headed households are families in which the female is the main provider in the household. The reproductive and sexual health needs of women heads of households have been marginalized due to the high pressures that they endure. Aim: To investigate the Iranian female-supported households' sexual life challenges. Materials: This study was a qualitative study with the content analysis approach that was done amongst women head of household in Alborz, Iran. Sixteen married females participated and were interviewed deeply in a 7 months period in 2020. All interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed in verbatim. Data were collected and recorded and were encoded, then transcript and analyzed. Result: Females recruited in this study were of different socioeconomic levels. On average they have been lived 5 years with their husbands. Five key themes were extracted including unmet sexual needs, role conflict, concern about sexually transmitted diseases, unrestrained sexual activity due to irresponsibility of husbands, and sexual abuse from others under the guise of support. Conclusion: From the results, it could be concluded that not only the reproductive health needs of these women not met, but also these women's sexual life are associated with worry, threats, and discrimination. This requires serious measures to be taken by the authorities and policymakers. Keywords: Female-headed households, Challenges, Reproductive health, Qualitative study.

scholarly journals Exploring Perceptions of Health Needs Among Young African American Men

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arik V. Marcell ◽  
Robert J. Jagers ◽  
Bronwyn Mayden ◽  
Cynthia Mobley
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Education Economics ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
African American Young Men

Recent recommendations advocate involving young men in reproductive health programs. We know little about how young men perceive their reproductive health needs. For this study, 47 African American young men (mean age, 17.9 years) recruited from four community-based organizations completed a brief survey to explore life priorities and perceptions of health needs across 12 to 14, 15 to 19, and 20 to 25-year-olds. Participants’ life priorities varied by age group with overall top categories, including education, economics, and family members. Health was listed as a salient life priority among older participants aged 15 to 25 years, though it was not highly ranked. Participants’ top health concerns included sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, with limited mention of other reproductive health concerns. Understanding where young men start from when thinking about reproductive health can better help us meet their needs. Future studies warrant examining how health needs change over time among a larger and more diverse sample of young men.

DETERMINANTS OF CONDOM USE AMONG YOUTH IN MADAGASCAR

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOMINIQUE MEEKERS ◽  
MARTHA SILVA ◽  
MEGAN KLEIN
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Regular Partner ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Young Males

The objective of this study was to identify the key determinants of condom use with regular and casual partners among youth in Madagascar. Data stem from a reproductive health survey conducted in October–December 2000 among a representative sample of 2440 youth aged 15–24 living in Toamasina province. Following theoretical models of behaviour change, logistic regression was used to assess the effect of AIDS awareness, personal risk perception, condom access, perceived condom effectiveness, self-efficacy and social support on condom use. Among sexually experienced youth, only about four in ten males and two in ten females have ever used condoms. Fewer than 15% of youth used a condom in last intercourse with their regular partner. Whether youth will try condoms appears to depend largely on the perceived effectiveness of condoms for family planning, access to a nearby condom source, parental support for condom use, and patterns of risky sexual behaviour. Young males’ likelihood of using a condom with a regular partner increases significantly if they perceive condoms to be effective for family planning (OR=11·4; p=0·019). For females, it increases with level of self-efficacy (OR=2·1; p=0·042) and having discussed HIV prevention with someone in the last year (OR=2·8; p=0·022). Among males, condom use with casual partners is significantly higher among those who perceive themselves to be at high risk of sexually transmitted infections (OR=2·3; p=0·014), who believe condoms are effective for family planning (OR=2·8; p=0·048), who have good access to condoms (OR=2·9; p=0·002) and who perceive their parents support condom use (OR=1·7; p=0·048). In conclusion, very few youth in Toamasina are using condoms, highlighting the need to continue and expand adolescent reproductive health interventions. In this low HIV prevalence setting, it is important for these programmes to emphasize that condoms are effective for both pregnancy prevention and STI/HIV prevention.

scholarly journals Are psychosocial interventions effective at increasing condom use among Black men? A systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 095646242110247
Author(s):  
Uzochi Nwaosu ◽  
Rianna Raymond-Williams ◽  
Jane Meyrick
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Sex With Men

Black men experience a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United Kingdom (UK). STIs can seriously affect the health and well-being of affected individuals. With condoms effective at preventing STI transmission, this review aims to explore the evidence of effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at increasing condom use among Black men to inform UK-based interventions for this at-risk but unheard population. Nine databases were searched for qualifying studies. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality of studies. A narrative synthesis read across the heterogeneous studies for evidence of effectiveness. A total of 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. This review identified scientifically weak evidence of effectiveness in multifaceted psychosocial interventions to increase condom use among Black men, particularly men who have sex with women and men who have sex with men mainly from United States settings. The multifaceted nature of interventions provides obscure evidence on successful elements of interventions with positive effects. Despite the disproportionate STI burden among this group, no UK-based studies were identified. Future research should aim to better understand condom use behavioural experiences and motivators of condom use among UK Black men to inform ethnically culturally relevant and tailored interventions.

scholarly journals How safe is safer sex? High levels of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in female sex workers in London

2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 1114-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. FOX ◽  
G. P. TAYLOR ◽  
S. DAY ◽  
J. PARRY ◽  
H. WARD
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Transitional Country ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Hsv 1

Female sex workers in Europe have low levels of sexually transmitted infections, attributable to condom use. The aim of this paper is to describe the seroepidemiology of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in female sex workers in London by using a 15-year prospective study of 453 sex workers. The seroprevalence of HSV-1 was 74·4% and independently associated with birth in a ‘transitional country’ (OR 5·4, 95% CI 1·61–18·20). The seroprevalence of HSV-2 was 60% and declined over time; it was also independently associated with time in sex work (OR 2·12, 95% CI 1·23–3·65) and birth in a ‘developing country’ (OR 2·95, 95% CI 1·34–6·48). We show that a cohort of sex workers with extensive condom use and little known sexually transmitted infection have high levels of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection, suggesting that condoms may not be universally protective. Sex workers are candidates for HSV vaccine efficacy or intervention studies.

A review of career interventions from an educational perspective: Have investigations shed any light?

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Ann Prideaux ◽  
Peter A. Creed ◽  
Juanita Muller ◽  
Wendy Patton
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Career Intervention ◽  
Career Interventions ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Specific Career ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Development Literature

Despite widespread acknowledgement of the importance of career development programs to assist students in their complex transition from school to work, very few specific career education interventions have been objectively evaluated. The aim of this paper is to highlight what the authors consider to be a conspicuous shortfall in the career development literature to date, that is, reports of methodologically sound career intervention studies carried out in actual high school settings. International trends in the world of work are briefly discussed in association with the repercussions these changes are producing for today's youth. The major portion of this article is devoted to a comprehensive review of career intervention studies with particular attention paid to the methodological and theoretical issues that resonate from this review process. Recommendations for future research are proposed.

Pengetahuan dan Sikap Calon Guru Biologi pada Kesehatan Reproduksi

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herlin Andayani ◽  
Lukman Aprizal ◽  
Bambang Hariyadi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Uterine Cancer ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Reproductive Organ ◽  
Biology Teacher ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Academic Year

Reproductive health is a major problem that occurs in Indonesian adolescents. The problem is caused by some factors, including free sex that could induce reproductive organ diseases such as cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, vulvar cancer, uterine cancer, prostate cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. Incidence of various reproductive health problems is caused by a lack of knowledge about reproductive health. This issue needs to get attention from various parties, including teachers. However, some teachers are less understood about how to deliver reproductive health materials properly. This study aims to determine knowledge and attitudes of teacher candidates about reproductive biology. This study is a descriptive analytic study. The subjects were students of biology education at Jambi University who are in 5th and 7th semesters of academic year 2011/2012 (174 students).  The data was collected using tests and questionnaires. The results show that knowledge of the biology teacher candidates about the reproductive health is categorized as low (43​​%).  The attitude of biology teacher candidates about reproductive biology is classified as positive (64%). The formation of attitudes toward reproductive health is influenced by several factors including knowledge, experience, guidance from parents, social environment, mass media, cultural, and social institutions.

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