Youth reproductive health services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

This study examines young people's access to reproductive healthcare services via an urban youth advisory centre in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The aim is to explain why teenagers do not always use existing health services. Data from exit questionnaires with users and focus groups with non-users are an...

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Published inHealth & place Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 273 - 283
Main Authors Mashamba, Alethea, Robson, Elsbeth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2002
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Bulawayo
Child
Family Planning Services - organization & administration
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health services
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Research
Health technology assessment
Human Rights
Humans
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Reproductive health
Reproductive Health Services - organization & administration
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
Stereotyping
Youth
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Reproductive health
Bulawayo
Youth
Zimbabwe
Health services
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Summary:This study examines young people's access to reproductive healthcare services via an urban youth advisory centre in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The aim is to explain why teenagers do not always use existing health services. Data from exit questionnaires with users and focus groups with non-users are analysed to evaluate service accessibility. Analysis suggests that even where clinics are spatially accessible, barriers to access include temporal factors, lack of factual knowledge and stigmatisation. The paper concludes that spatial accessibility is not the only factor necessary to ensure equal access to health services. Recommendations are made towards tackling young people's unmet needs for reproductive healthcare services.
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ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00007-2