title: 'We want someone with a face of welcome': Ugandan adolescents articulate their family planning needs and priorities.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Population Health Strategies Branch, Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: Idah
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mehangye
mesh_terms: 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