Impact of the adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health strategy on service utilisation and health outcomes in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT: Poor reproductive health among youth and adolescents threatens their future health and economic wellbeing in Zimbabwe amidst a high HIV/AIDS prevalence. This study evaluates the impact of a multi-pronged adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) strategy implemented by government of Zimbabwe between 2010 and 2015 to improve ASRH in terms of the uptake of condoms and HIV testing as well as outcomes in terms of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence and HIV prevalence. We combine the difference in difference and propensity score matching methods to analyse repeated Zimbabwe demographic health survey cross-sectional datasets. Young people aged 15-19 years at baseline in 2010, who were exposed for the entire five-year strategy are designated as the treatment group and young adu

SUBMITTER: Muchabaiwa L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592535 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature