'We want someone with a face of welcome': Ugandan adolescents articulate their family planning needs and priorities.
In this article, the attitudes, needs and priorities of adolescents in family planning, as articulated by them during focus group discussions, are presented. Findings indicate that: (a) Ugandan adolescents face numerous barriers to accessing family planning information and services; (b) they hold an alarming number of misconceptions about modern contraceptives; (c) they lack reliable, trusted and non-judgemental sources of information, privacy and confidentiality during family planning counselling, and (d) they don't know about contraceptive services available from the community-based distributors. Suggestions are provided on how community-based distributors could improve their outreach to adolescents and provide youth-friendly family planning services.
Flaherty
Annette
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Population Health Strategies Branch, Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton, Canada.
Kipp
Walter
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Mehangye
Idah
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D014454:Uganda