Sexual and reproductive health knowledge among adolescents in eight sites across sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine knowledge of menstruation, HIV and STIs other than HIV across eight sites in SSA to develop effective programmatic interventions enabling adolescents to achieve positive SRH as their transition to adulthood.

Methods

We combine data from eight Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites across sub-Saharan Africa, from an adolescent-specific survey that included 7116 males and females age 10-19 years old. We provide pooled and site-specific estimates from multiple analytic models examining the how year-specific age, school attendance and work correlate with knowledge of menstruation, HIV knowledge and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) other than HIV.

Results

Many adolescents lack knowledge of menstruation (37.3%, 95% CI 31.8, 43.1 do

SUBMITTER: Finlay JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature