Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal
Background: Youths have specific sexual health needs, which vary according to their age, sex, marital and socioeconomic status. The study aimed to explore the barriers to reproductive health services among female youths of Suklagandaki Municipality, Nepal. Methods: A qualitative study was conduct...
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| author | Asha Thapa Dipendra Kumar Yadav Jene Shrestha Jay Prakash Shah |
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Background: Youths have specific sexual health needs, which vary according to their age, sex, marital and socioeconomic status. The study aimed to explore the barriers to reproductive health services among female youths of Suklagandaki Municipality, Nepal.
Methods: A qualitative study was conducted through in-depth interviews among female youths aged 14 to 25 and two focus group discussions among FCHVs and health workers in health post. Snowball sampling technique was used for sample selection carried out by a same-sex researcher.
Results: The barriers identified were poor sexual health knowledge, fear and embarrassment, poor youth friendly health services, misconceptions regarding contraceptives and negligence about the problems.
Conclusions: Prejudice regarding utilization of reproductive health services by youths has been identified a major contributing factor or barrier, which requires integrated effort from all sector to tackle this barrier.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8f8325fbfdf428da40379196ef027622023-10-31T15:43:32ZengKarnali Academy of Health SciencesJournal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences2616-00642676-13272021-04-0141Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of NepalAsha Thapa0Dipendra Kumar Yadav1Jene Shrestha2Jay Prakash Shah3School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara UniversityPokhara UniversitySchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara UniversitySchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University Background: Youths have specific sexual health needs, which vary according to their age, sex, marital and socioeconomic status. The study aimed to explore the barriers to reproductive health services among female youths of Suklagandaki Municipality, Nepal. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted through in-depth interviews among female youths aged 14 to 25 and two focus group discussions among FCHVs and health workers in health post. Snowball sampling technique was used for sample selection carried out by a same-sex researcher. Results: The barriers identified were poor sexual health knowledge, fear and embarrassment, poor youth friendly health services, misconceptions regarding contraceptives and negligence about the problems. Conclusions: Prejudice regarding utilization of reproductive health services by youths has been identified a major contributing factor or barrier, which requires integrated effort from all sector to tackle this barrier. http://jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article/view/343YouthsReproductive health serviceHealth care provider FCHV |
| spellingShingle | Asha Thapa Dipendra Kumar Yadav Jene Shrestha Jay Prakash Shah Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Youths Reproductive health service Health care provider FCHV |
| title | Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal |
| title_full | Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal |
| title_short | Barriers to Reproductive Health Services Among Female Youths of Suklagandaki Municipality in Western Part of Nepal |
| title_sort | barriers to reproductive health services among female youths of suklagandaki municipality in western part of nepal |
| topic | Youths Reproductive health service Health care provider FCHV |
| url | http://jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article/view/343 |
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