Access to mass media and teenage pregnancy among adolescents in Zambia: a national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Teenage pregnancies and childbirths are associated with negative health outcomes. Access to health information enables adolescents to make appropriate decisions. However, the relationship between access to health information through mass media and teenage pregnancy has not received much attention in existing literature. We therefore examined the association between access to mass media and teenage pregnancy in Zambia.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Zambia.

Participants

Weighted sample of 3000 adolescents aged 15-19 years.

Outcome measure

Teenage pregnancy that included adolescents who were currently pregnant or had had an abortion or had given birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey.

Results

Out of 3000 adolescents, 897 (29.9%, 9

SUBMITTER: Sserwanja Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198694 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature