Barriers to adolescents' access and utilisation of reproductive health services in a community in north-western nigeria: A qualitative exploratory study in primary care

dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Suraya
dc.contributor.authorNmadu, Awawu Grace
dc.contributor.authorUsman, Nafisat Ohunene
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T07:06:38Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T07:06:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThere is a dearth of qualitative studies exploring in-depth barriers that adolescents face in accessing and utilising reproductive health services (RHS) in Nigerian primary healthcare centres. Aim: This study explored the barriers hindering adolescents' access to and utilisation of RHS in primary healthcare centres. Setting: This study was conducted in three primary healthcare centres in Kaduna North Local government area, Nigeria. Methods: This study used an exploratory descriptive qualitative design. Fourteen adolescents and three RHS providers were selected and interviewed. The data collection methods included individual in-depth interviews with adolescents and key informant interviews with service providers. Interviews were conducted between January 2017 and April 2017. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: This study identified three thematic barriers to adolescent's utilisation of RHS. These included individual, social and health system barriers. Individual factors included the following: inadequate knowledge about RHS and poor attitudes of adolescents towards RHS; social factors such as parental influence, community and religious norms, financial constraints and stigma; and health system factors such as poor attitudes of service providers and inconvenient health facility opening hours hindered adolescents from utilising RHS.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMohamed, S. et al. (2020). Barriers to adolescents' access and utilisation of reproductive health services in a community in north-western nigeria: A qualitative exploratory study in primary care. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 12(12),a2307en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2936
dc.identifier.uri10.4102/PHCFM.V12I1.2307
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5611
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltden_US
dc.subjectAccess and utilisationen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectSexual and reproductive health servicesen_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.titleBarriers to adolescents' access and utilisation of reproductive health services in a community in north-western nigeria: A qualitative exploratory study in primary careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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