Title:
Factors that influences the use of contraceptives among adolescents in Ghana
Authors:
Ayipah, Emmanuel Kwesi
Year:
2016
PAGE:
x, 51
Language:
En
Subject:
Maternal Health – Lessons Learned
Keywords:
factors, contraceptives, systematic reviews, pregnancy, Ghana.
Abstract:
Background: The identifying the various factors that influence the use of modern contraceptives among adolescents are relevant for efforts that are aimed at improving contraceptive use to reduce teenage pregnancies and STI, including HIV. This study therefore sought to recommend to policy makers to strengthen, or adopt strategies that have proven to improve modern contraceptive use among adolescents in Ghana.Method: Published literature were reviewed for the required data for the study. It included English literature published after 2005. Nevertheless, some classics and strategic documents that were published before 2005 with relevance to the study were also included. Considering the complexity of adolescent reproductive health, the ecological model was used for the study. Results: Factors that determined the use of contraceptives among adolescents in Ghana include the individual, relationship, community and the society which were embedded in Parent and child communication gaps, transactional sex, coerced sex, early marriage, gender norms, and attitudes of service providers. Conclusion and Recommendation: Non-use of contraceptives resulted in sexually transmitted infections, pregnancies and deaths among adolescents. Contraceptive use could be improved through comprehensive, pragmatic and sustainable interventions that involves peer educators, males, opinion leaders, and adolescent sexual reproductive health training for community health officers. Programs that addressed gender norms with access to contraceptives were found to be effective.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institue)
Department:
Health
Country:
Ghana, Republic of
Region:
West Africa
Training:
Master of Public Health / International Course in Health Development (MPH/ICHD)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2016 Ayipah
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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