Caregiver attitudes towards HIV testing and contraceptive services for adolescents in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents are disproportionately vulnerable to unintended pregnancies and delayed HIV treatment in low-resource settings. Tanzanian policies support adolescent access to contraception and HIV testing and counseling (HTC) without parental consent if needed; however, parent/guardian disapproval could lead to unmet service needs. This qualitative study explores factors that influence caregivers' attitudes towards adolescents accessing these services independently. VITAA is a cluster RCT testing a school-clinic partnership to provide adolescent health check-ups in Tanzania. Semi-structured interviews (n = 42) were conducted with a purposeful sample of parents/guardians (74% women) of VITAA participants. The extended theory of planned behavior for parent-for-child health behaviors informed th

SUBMITTER: Alexander K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818338 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature