Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in rural Zambian schools: a case of Central Province.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The youths in Zambia have limited access to information concerning Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and this puts them at risk of unwanted pregnancies. Talking about other methods of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections than abstinence is regarded as culturally unacceptable. The Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of Girls (RISE) is a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of different support packages on teenage pregnancies, early marriages and school drop-out rates. One of the support packages included youth clubs focusing on Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health Education (CSRHE). Although similar interventions have been implemented in other settings, their integration process has been complex and comprehensi

SUBMITTER: Chirwa-Kambole E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966797 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature