Routine health check-ups for adolescents in Mwanza City, Tanzania: stakeholders' recommendations on its content, venue, and mode of delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine adolescent health screening aiming at the detection of unnoticed medical problems may increase awareness among policy makers and contribute to improved health in this population. Research is needed to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) and national health programs to provide evidence-based guidance on whether public health systems should offer comprehensive adolescent health screening, what should be included in different contexts, and how it should be delivered. We conducted formative research to define the content and delivery strategies for health check-ups to be performed in young (10-14 years) and older (15-19 years) adolescents, and to assess whether such services are likely to be acceptable and feasible in Tanzania.

Methods

As part of a coll

SUBMITTER: Sedekia Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227790 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature