Title:
A literature review on factors influencing young people's access to Youth Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health service in Ethiopia
Authors:
Bekeshie, Wagari
Place:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2022
PAGE:
XLV,45
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
young people, youth, youth friendly health services, sexual and reproductive health, effective intervention
Abstract:
Globally, there are over two billion adolescents, two thirds of whom live in developing countries. Ethiopia is a country of young people, where adolescents constitute over a quarter of the population. Despite of Government of Ethiopia signing international agreements and instituting policy to improve young people’s sexual and reproductive health, reality remains that young people’s access to Youth Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Services (YFSRHS) is low in Ethiopia. This study was based on a literature review using key words to retrieve articles through Libraries: Vrije Universiteit ,PubMed ,Medline and web search engines : Scopus and Google Scholar. Grey literatures from organisation’s websites also used. To analyse findings , the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) was adapted and used to answer the research objectives. It was found that Ethiopia’s policy environment regarding young people’s Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is promising, yet major gaps related to programmatic implementation surfaced. On the one hand, health service providers negative and judgmental attitude and lack of respect, privacy and confidentiality around SRH were main barriers. Similarly, restrictive and conservative socio-cultural and gender norms and intergenerational communication around SRH were found to greatly contribute to young people’ lack of knowledge, skewed perceptions and misconceptions and poor attitude regarding access to and use of sexual and reproductive services. Weak health system and socio-cultural issues are main reasons for low access to YFSRHS in Ethiopia . Therefore, Ethiopia could strength health system and focus on gradual change of socio-cultural and gender norms through implementing effective combinations of interventions learning from best practices in other African countries.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Department:
Development, Policy and Practice
Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
north-eastern Africa
Training:
Masters of International Health
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2022 Bekeshie
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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