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Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania

INTRODUCTION: Access to information, education and services is central in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people. It enables young people make informed choices on sexuality matters, hence reduce teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (ST...

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Autores principales: Ngilangwa, David Paul, Rajesh, Sharanya, Kawala, Mercy, Mbeba, Rita, Sambili, Benatus, Mkuwa, Serafina, Noronha, Rita, Meremo, Alfred Jackson, Nyagero, Josephat
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439327
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.2.10922
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author Ngilangwa, David Paul
Rajesh, Sharanya
Kawala, Mercy
Mbeba, Rita
Sambili, Benatus
Mkuwa, Serafina
Noronha, Rita
Meremo, Alfred Jackson
Nyagero, Josephat
author_facet Ngilangwa, David Paul
Rajesh, Sharanya
Kawala, Mercy
Mbeba, Rita
Sambili, Benatus
Mkuwa, Serafina
Noronha, Rita
Meremo, Alfred Jackson
Nyagero, Josephat
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description INTRODUCTION: Access to information, education and services is central in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people. It enables young people make informed choices on sexuality matters, hence reduce teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study assessed accessibility of SRH rights’ information among marginalized young people in three municipalities of Iringa, Ilala and Kinondoni in Tanzania. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design using mixed methods was conducted in 2013 in three selected districts of Tanzania. We randomly selected 398 young people including those with disabilities to partake in quantitative survey while 48 community members were purposely selected for qualitative part. Quantitative data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and chi square test with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS) version 20, while qualitative data was thematically analyzed. RESULTS: There were 396 (99%) participants (144 Males and 251 females), with a mean age of 20.1years. The majority were out of school female, cohabiting and had completed secondary education. Overall, 317 (79.6%) had SRH rights knowledge. The leading sources of SRH rights information were peer educators (36.7%) and radio (22.8%). Awareness regarding laws and policies related to SRH right was 55.1%. However, young people living with HIV and school truants had more access to SRHR education and services than the other youth groups(χ2 30.69, p< 0.0001). The qualitative study revealed that parents and teachers perceived themselves to be incompetent in providing SRH information to their youngsters despite of being mostly trusted. CONCLUSION: Access to SRH rights information is high but decreases when it is disaggregated across different age groups. There is a need for diversified approach for reaching specific groups of young people depending on their needs and circumstances
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spelling pubmed-53900652017-04-24 Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania Ngilangwa, David Paul Rajesh, Sharanya Kawala, Mercy Mbeba, Rita Sambili, Benatus Mkuwa, Serafina Noronha, Rita Meremo, Alfred Jackson Nyagero, Josephat Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Access to information, education and services is central in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people. It enables young people make informed choices on sexuality matters, hence reduce teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study assessed accessibility of SRH rights’ information among marginalized young people in three municipalities of Iringa, Ilala and Kinondoni in Tanzania. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design using mixed methods was conducted in 2013 in three selected districts of Tanzania. We randomly selected 398 young people including those with disabilities to partake in quantitative survey while 48 community members were purposely selected for qualitative part. Quantitative data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and chi square test with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS) version 20, while qualitative data was thematically analyzed. RESULTS: There were 396 (99%) participants (144 Males and 251 females), with a mean age of 20.1years. The majority were out of school female, cohabiting and had completed secondary education. Overall, 317 (79.6%) had SRH rights knowledge. The leading sources of SRH rights information were peer educators (36.7%) and radio (22.8%). Awareness regarding laws and policies related to SRH right was 55.1%. However, young people living with HIV and school truants had more access to SRHR education and services than the other youth groups(χ2 30.69, p< 0.0001). The qualitative study revealed that parents and teachers perceived themselves to be incompetent in providing SRH information to their youngsters despite of being mostly trusted. CONCLUSION: Access to SRH rights information is high but decreases when it is disaggregated across different age groups. There is a need for diversified approach for reaching specific groups of young people depending on their needs and circumstances The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5390065/ /pubmed/28439327 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.2.10922 Text en © David Paul Ngilangwa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ngilangwa, David Paul
Rajesh, Sharanya
Kawala, Mercy
Mbeba, Rita
Sambili, Benatus
Mkuwa, Serafina
Noronha, Rita
Meremo, Alfred Jackson
Nyagero, Josephat
Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title_full Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title_fullStr Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title_short Accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of Tanzania
title_sort accessibility to sexual and reproductive health and rights education among marginalized youth in selected districts of tanzania
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5390065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439327
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.2.10922
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