Women's costs for accessing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services: findings from an observational study in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of universal access to sexual and reproductive (SRH) services requires an understanding of the health needs of individuals and what constitutes access to services. We explored women's costs of accessing SRH services in Johannesburg, South Africa and contextualized costs based on estimates of household income.

Methods

We conducted an observational study of women aged 18-49 at a public HIV treatment site and two public primary health care facilities from June 2015 to August 2016. Interviews assessed women's SRH needs (for contraception, fertility problems, menstrual problems, menopause symptoms, sexually transmitted infections (STI), experiences of intimate-partner violence (IPV), and cervical and breast c

SUBMITTER: Lince-Deroche N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916226 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature