Primary healthcare and school health service utilisation by adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people aged 10-24 years are a vulnerable group with poor health service access relative to other populations. Recent South African initiatives, the She Conquers campaign, the Integrated School Health Policy and the Adolescent & Youth Health Policy, include a focus on improving the breadth and quality of youth-friendly health service delivery. However, in some settings the provision and impact of scaled-up youth friendly health services has been limited indicating a gap between policy and implementation. In this study we reviewed existing sources of data on health service utilisation to answer the following question: 'What health conditions do young people present with and what services do they receive at public health clinics, mobile clinics and school health servi

SUBMITTER: Doyle AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6883644 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature