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Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda

There is a considerable high level of unmet need for reproductive health services among refugees. Yet, there is limited research about the provision and utilization of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services among young people in refugee settings. Drawing on a sample of 575 young refugees (15–...

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Autores principales: Bukuluki, Paul Mukisa Wako, Kisaakye, Peter, Wandiembe, Symon Peter, Kiwujja, Victor, Kajungu, Christine, Mugwanya, Wilberforce, Nabakooza, Shakira, Anyii, Cyprian, Kaikai, Fiona
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9998478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1077761
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author Bukuluki, Paul Mukisa Wako
Kisaakye, Peter
Wandiembe, Symon Peter
Kiwujja, Victor
Kajungu, Christine
Mugwanya, Wilberforce
Nabakooza, Shakira
Anyii, Cyprian
Kaikai, Fiona
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Kisaakye, Peter
Wandiembe, Symon Peter
Kiwujja, Victor
Kajungu, Christine
Mugwanya, Wilberforce
Nabakooza, Shakira
Anyii, Cyprian
Kaikai, Fiona
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description There is a considerable high level of unmet need for reproductive health services among refugees. Yet, there is limited research about the provision and utilization of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services among young people in refugee settings. Drawing on a sample of 575 young refugees (15–24 years) from a cross-sectional survey, this study aims to fill this gap by identifying the factors associated with SRH utilization among young people living in refugee settings in Northern Uganda. The utilization of SRH services at the health facilities was significantly different between female and male young people after adjusting for all other variables (aOR = 2.46, 95% CI, 1.58, 3.84). Young people who were not living in a marital union (aOR = 0.38, 95% CI, 0.20, 0.71), or held inequitable gender norms about services (aOR = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.12, 0.66) had about a third of the odds of utilizing SRH services. Young women with comprehensive knowledge about contraception, modern contraceptives, and HIV and STI prevention, had more than twice the odds of utilizing SRH services (aOR = 2.23, 95% CI, 2.67, 6.90). There is need to integrate social norm measurements and social norm change strategies in strategies for promoting utilization of SRH services among refugees in low-income countries especially in Uganda
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spelling pubmed-99984782023-03-11 Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda Bukuluki, Paul Mukisa Wako Kisaakye, Peter Wandiembe, Symon Peter Kiwujja, Victor Kajungu, Christine Mugwanya, Wilberforce Nabakooza, Shakira Anyii, Cyprian Kaikai, Fiona Front Reprod Health Reproductive Health There is a considerable high level of unmet need for reproductive health services among refugees. Yet, there is limited research about the provision and utilization of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services among young people in refugee settings. Drawing on a sample of 575 young refugees (15–24 years) from a cross-sectional survey, this study aims to fill this gap by identifying the factors associated with SRH utilization among young people living in refugee settings in Northern Uganda. The utilization of SRH services at the health facilities was significantly different between female and male young people after adjusting for all other variables (aOR = 2.46, 95% CI, 1.58, 3.84). Young people who were not living in a marital union (aOR = 0.38, 95% CI, 0.20, 0.71), or held inequitable gender norms about services (aOR = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.12, 0.66) had about a third of the odds of utilizing SRH services. Young women with comprehensive knowledge about contraception, modern contraceptives, and HIV and STI prevention, had more than twice the odds of utilizing SRH services (aOR = 2.23, 95% CI, 2.67, 6.90). There is need to integrate social norm measurements and social norm change strategies in strategies for promoting utilization of SRH services among refugees in low-income countries especially in Uganda Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9998478/ /pubmed/36910338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1077761 Text en © 2023 Bukuluki, Kisaakye, Wandiembe, Kiwujja, Kajungu, Mugwanya, Nabakooza, Anyii and Kaikai. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Reproductive Health
Bukuluki, Paul Mukisa Wako
Kisaakye, Peter
Wandiembe, Symon Peter
Kiwujja, Victor
Kajungu, Christine
Mugwanya, Wilberforce
Nabakooza, Shakira
Anyii, Cyprian
Kaikai, Fiona
Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title_full Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title_fullStr Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title_short Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in Uganda
title_sort utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among young people in refugee settings in uganda
topic Reproductive Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9998478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2023.1077761
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