Access to family planning for youth: perspectives of young family planning leaders from 40 countries.

ABSTRACT: Background: With growing populations of young people, low and middle-income countries have renewed focus on reaching both unmarried and married youth with family planning (FP) services. Young people themselves bring an important perspective to guide future programmatic directions. Methods: In October 2018, 207 youth leaders in FP from around the world completed an online survey prior to their participation at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP). These youth leaders provided their perspectives on the most important influencers for youth FP use, how easy or hard it is for youth to obtain FP, preferred sources of FP methods for youth, and perceptions of commonly used terms in FP programming. We examined differences in perceptions of unmarried and married youth's access to a

SUBMITTER: Cartwright AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6978846 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature