scholarly journals Mainstreaming adolescent reproductive health in Senegal: Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

scholarly journals Kenya update: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Operations Research ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Activity Increase ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health ◽  
Global Operations

The Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project (KARHP) was launched in October 1999 in Busia and Vihiga districts as a three-year operations research study to determine the feasibility, cost, and effectiveness of implementing systematic interventions that address the reproductive health (RH) needs of adolescents aged 10–19 years. This USAID-funded project is part of the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health Program’s global operations research. PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) is implementing the project, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health, Education, and Home Affairs, Heritage, and Sports. The objective of the study is to establish the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase adolescents’ RH knowledge, delay the onset of sexual activity, increase adolescent use of RH services, and reduce risky sexual behavior. The community-based intervention comprises two components. The first is geared toward sensitizing stakeholders in the community about the need for adolescent RH services and information. The second provides services and information to adolescents through out-of-school peer educators. This document provides an update on the KARHP project.

scholarly journals From pilot to program: Scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humphres Evelia ◽  
Japheth Nyambane ◽  
Harriet Birungi ◽  
Ian Askew ◽  
Rikka Trangsrud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

scholarly journals Tuko Pamoja: A guide for talking with young people about their reproductive health

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

This guide was developed for public health technicians working with the Ministry of Health as part of the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project Tuko Pamoja (We Are Together). It can be used by anyone wishing to broaden their understanding of adolescent reproductive health (RH) issues and improve communication with young people. Providing young people with support by talking with and listening to them as well as ensuring they have access to accurate information can help them understand the wide range of changes they are experiencing during adolescence. Although parents, teachers, religious and community leaders, and health-care providers are expected to educate adolescents about personal and physical development, relationships, and their roles in society, it may be difficult for them to do so in a comfortable and unbiased way. For these reasons, it is important to meet adolescents’ need for information and services. Adolescent RH education provides information about reproductive physiology and puberty; protective behavior; and the responsibilities and consequences that come with sexual activity. Providing young people with accurate RH information promotes sexual health and well-being, and supports healthy, responsible, and positive life experiences, as well as preventing disease and unintended pregnancy.

scholarly journals Ten years of the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project: What has happened?

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humphres Evelia ◽  
Monica Wanjiru ◽  
Francis Obare ◽  
Harriet Birungi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

Developing a USSD-based mobile phone app to provide adolescents with sexual reproductive health information: A human-centered design approach (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Macharia ◽  
Antoni Pérez-Navarro ◽  
Irene Inwani ◽  
Ruth Nduati ◽  
Carme Carrion
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Resource Limited Settings ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Sexual Reproductive Health ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancies and sexually-transmitted infections continue to impact 15 – 19-year-olds across the globe. The lack of sexual reproductive health information in resource-limited settings can often be due to cultural and societal attitudes to adolescent sexual reproductive health. Innovative approaches, including mobile phone technologies, are needed to address the need for adolescent reproductive health information. OBJECTIVE To design and develop a mobile app prototype to provide confidential adolescent reproductive health information on demand and evaluate its usability and user experience. METHODS A human-centered design methodology was applied. This practice framework allowed the perspectives and feedback of adolescent users to be included in the iterative design process. Field usability testing enabled the adolescents to provide feedback on the functionality, usability, and usefulness of the app. RESULTS During the usability test, 62 (54.9%) of the adolescents that were followed-up had used the app at least once, 30 (48.4%) of these were male participants and 32 (51.6%) female. The app was described as ‘very interesting’ to use by 44 (70.9%) participants, 20 male and 24 female. The content was deemed to be either ‘perfectly’ or ‘well targeted’ on sexual reproductive health by 60 (96.7%) adolescents, and the app was rated ‘best app’ by 45 (72.6%) adolescents, 27 female and 18 male, with a p-value = 0.011. CONCLUSIONS A mobile phone app is a feasible and acceptable way to deliver adolescent sexual reproductive health information in resource-limited settings. The USSD mobile phone technology could deliver confidential information on demand.

EFFECTIVE OF INTERVENTION SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE SITUATION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN A LUOI DISTRICT, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Trang Dao Nguyen Dieu ◽  
Huy Nguyen Vu Quoc ◽  
Thanh Cao Ngoc ◽  
Ngoc Phan Thi Bich
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Adolescent Reproductive Health

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.

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