Health‐Seeking Behaviours Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women With Sexually Transmitted Infections: Evidence From Sub‐Saharan Africa
Our study has shown that the proportion of AGYW who sought healthcare for their STIs is relatively low, with country-level variations. Several factors were found to be associated with healthcare seeking for STIs. Focused interventions are required to enhance access to healthcare treatments for STIs among the vulnerable sub-populations.
Authors
- Bright Opoku Ahinkorah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7415-895X)
- Joshua Okyere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-7522)
- Richard Gyan Aboagye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-2909)
- Irene Esi Donkoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9444-4400)
- Sanni Yaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6003-139X)
Institutions
- University of Cape Coast (GH)
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Challenges
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70088
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82