A stigma-reduction intervention targeting abortion and contraceptive use among adolescents in Kisumu County, Kenya: a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT: This study assessed the effectiveness of a school-based stigma-reduction intervention focusing on stigmatising attitudes towards girls associated with abortion and contraceptive use. In February 2017, two gender-mixed secondary schools (n = 1368) in peri-urban areas of Kisumu County, Kenya, were assigned to receive either an 8-hour stigma-reduction intervention over four sessions (intervention school: IS) or standard comprehensive sexuality education (control school: CS). A classroom survey entailing two five-point Likert scales - the 18-item Adolescents Stigmatizing Attitudes, Beliefs and Actions (ASABA) scale, which measures abortion stigma, and the seven-item Contraceptive Use Stigma (CUS) scale - was conducted to collect data at baseline, 1-month and 12-months after the interven

SUBMITTER: Makenzius M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature