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Reaching the Youngest Moms and Dads: A Socio-Ecological View of Actors and Factors Influencing First-time Young Parents' Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Madagascar
Globally, few programs consider the needs of first-time young parents (FTYPs), who face disproportionate negative health consequences during pregnancy and childbirth. Scant evidence exists on FTYPs' broader health needs. Formative research in two regions of Madagascar used a socio-ecological le...
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Published in: | African journal of reproductive health 2020-02, Vol.23 (3) |
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Summary: | Globally, few programs consider the needs of first-time young parents
(FTYPs), who face disproportionate negative health consequences during
pregnancy and childbirth. Scant evidence exists on FTYPs' broader
health needs. Formative research in two regions of Madagascar used a
socio-ecological lens to explore, via 44 interviews and 32 focus group
discussions, the influences on FTYPs at the individual, couple, family,
community, and system levels. We spoke with FTYPs who had, and who had
not, used sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, their
parents/kin and influential adults, and community health workers and
facility health providers. Data analysis, guided by a codebook, used
Atlas.ti. Age, social position, and implicit power dynamics operating
within and across socio-ecological levels affected FTYPs'
service-seeking behaviors. The nature and extent of influence varied by
health service type. Cross-cutting social factors affecting service
use/non-use included gender dynamics, pressures from mothers, in-laws,
and family tradition, and adolescent stigmatization for too-early
pregnancy. Structural and economic factors included limited awareness
of and lack of trust in available services, unfriendliness of services,
and FTYPs' limited financial resources. A socio-ecological
program perspective can inform tailoring of activities to address
broader SRH issues, including how relationships, gender, power, and
intergenerational dynamics influence service use. (Afr J Reprod Health
2019; 23[3]: 19-29).
À l'échelle mondiale, peu de programmes prennent en compte
les besoins des jeunes gens devenus parents pour la première fois
(JPPPF), qui font face à des conséquences négatives sur
la santé disproportionnées pendant la grossesse et
l'accouchement. Il existe peu de preuves sur les besoins de santé
plus généraux des JPPPF. La recherche formative menée
dans deux régions de Madagascar a utilisé une lentille
socio-écologique pour explorer, par l'intermédiaire de
44 entretiens et 32 discussions de groupe, les influences sur les JPPPF
aux niveaux de l'individu, du couple, de la famille, de la
communauté et du système. Nous avons parlé avec les
JPPPF qui avaient utilisé, et ceux qui n'avaient pas
utilisé les services de santé sexuelle et de la reproduction,
leurs parents/relations et des adultes influents, ainsi que des agents
de santé communautaires et des prestataires de soins en
établissement. L'analyse des données, guidée par
un livre de codes, a été réalisée par Atl |
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ISSN: | 1118-4841 |