Examining functional sexual and reproductive health and right-based friendly services: perspectives from exit adolescents, caregivers, and health workers at health services delivery points in Tanzania
The results of this study have uncovered that there is disperities in the availability and accessibility of functional SRH right-based adolescent and youth-friendly services across the levels of health facilities; among adolescents and community members. Hospitals were more likely to confirm the availability of Functional Right Based Youth Friendly Services than at health centers and dispensaries with female adolescents, youth, and community members being disadvantaged. There is a need to address issues of differentials in equity to the accessibility of services among adolescents, youth, and community members by improving functional sexual and reproductive health and right-based friendly services provision infrastructures, health care workers capacity building, and mechanisms or approaches to increase adolescents' access and uptake to SRHR services.
Authors
- Gerald Kihwele
- Walter Cleophace Millanzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-6185)
- Michael Nienga Mbele
Institutions
- The University of Dodoma (TZ)
- Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11725-2
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.25