Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in schools for people with disabilities

Persons with disabilities have the same sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs as the abled people but they often face barriers to SRH information and services which are necessary for healthy and safe relationships, protection from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2019, Vol.33 (299), p.299-299
Main Authors: Obasi, Mercy, Manortey, Stephen, Kyei, Kofi Adesi, Addo, Michael Kwabeng, Talboys, Sharon, Gay, Lynette, Baiden, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
assessment
Birth control
Consent
Contraception - methods
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Disability
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Displaced persons
Family planning
Female
Ghana
Health care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Infections
Information sources
Knowledge
Male
Menarche
Migrant workers
People with disabilities
Population
Pregnancy
Questionnaires
Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Sample size
Schools
sexual
Sexual Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Violence
Visual impairment
Young Adult
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Summary:Persons with disabilities have the same sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs as the abled people but they often face barriers to SRH information and services which are necessary for healthy and safe relationships, protection from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study sought to access the SRH services among adolescents with disabilities in four Special Needs Schools in Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional study design with a quantitative approach to data collection between the months of January to March, 2018. A structured and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data from adolescents with disabilities from selected schools in Ghana. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression. Majority of participants had hearing disability (52.1%). The average age at menarche among females was 13 years whiles the age at which puberty was attained among boys was 14 years. School teachers were the major source of information on SRH for the respondents (63.7%) followed by parents (12.2%). A majority (67.1%) of respondents had good knowledge of SRH. Factors which were significantly associated with knowledge level were age (p=0.026), religion (p=0.034), sources of information (p
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.299.18546