(MENAFN – The conversation)
Teen pregnancies persist. It is estimated that 21 million women between the ages of 15 and 19 in emerging countries are pregnant and around 12 million of them give birth each year.
Not only do pregnancies have adverse effects on the fitness of teen mothers and their babies, but those disorders may persist into the next generation. For example, women who become pregnant drop out of school, limiting their long-term economic and economic opportunities.
South Africa has noticed an increase in teen pregnancy rates in parts of the country between and the COVID-19 pandemic. This was partly due to access to contraceptives, which was most important during the COVID-19 lockdown.
An accumulation in the teenage pregnancy rate strongly suggests difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive fitness for this vulnerable age organization and is cause for concern.
Even before the pandemic, young women aged 15-19 in South Africa had had children. The figure ranges from Array
Violence against women and women is one of the causes. In South Africa, there is gender-based violence and sexual abuse among others under the age of 18.
Gaps in fitness formula also contribute to teen pregnancy. It is not easy for teenagers to unload contraceptives if the facilities are not friendly to them.
So are contraceptives for adolescents.
In South Africa, 31% of women aged 15-19 do not get the contraceptives they want, a proportion of this age organization compared to other age organizations.
Our study focused on points in the physical fitness formula related to contraceptive access and use among adolescent and young women. If those points are not taken into account, the wishes and rights of adolescents can even after the pandemic ends. The rate of accidental teen pregnancies can simply remain high, affecting the fitness and potential life choices of young women and their children.
We conducted two separate studies as part of an evaluation of a mixed HIV prevention programme in South Africa for adolescent and young women. Our studies were conducted from and from Array
The first survey, conducted in 2017 and 2018, included 4425 adolescent and young women aged 15-24 living in six districts in five provinces of South Africa. The Moment survey, in 2020-2021, included 515 adolescent and young women
Both studies found a higher and worrying pregnancy rate in this age group. We also found that the majority (70%) of pregnancies were unplanned.
The survey found that 68. 4 had ever had sex and nine said they had had sex before age 15. Of the organization that had ever had sex, 36. 2 said their first pregnancy occurred before age 18.
Our effects show that adolescent women and young women have a great unmet desire for birth control and that fitness formula barriers to contraceptives persist. Only 48% of respondents said they had ever used a fashionable contraceptive.
Condom use the last sexual intercourse of respondents was reported through 51% consistent. This means that some adolescent women and young women were at risk of being infected with HIV or any other sexually transmitted infection, or of transmitting an infection.
Interviews revealed that many young women, especially in the 15-19 age group, had difficulty obtaining contraceptives. We found out they had no information about contraceptives. Many didn’t know how the other strategies and the body worked. Intelligent for the body, based on myths and erroneous data. Some contraceptives don’t work at all.
Some of the interviewees said that birth control would ruin their uterus and that in the long run they would not be able to have babies again. Many lacked contraception from their parents or other caregivers.
They said fitness asked them embarrassing questions and abused them:
In the matrix of those who reported having sex in the year prior to the survey, only 28% reported consistent contraceptive use.
Reasons included pleasant-looking effects; lack of contraceptives; inconvenient hours of operation of fitness services; stock breaks in the fitness service; and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the past year, 22% of respondents said they had not gone to get the contraceptives they needed. And 21% reported difficulty getting condoms due to COVID-19 and lockdown.
It could be a component of efforts to prevent sexual violence and raise awareness of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive fitness and rights.
Health formula interventions and schooling campaigns are needed to combat sociocultural ideals and misinformation that undermine contraceptive use.
Free contraceptives deserve to be available not only in gyms, but also in spaces like schools, network services, and retail pharmacies. Health workers deserve to talk about the considerations and desires of adolescent and young women and help them find the contraceptive approach for them.
Finally, it shows that offering incentives to promote drug adherence is a promising strategy. For example, other people may get money for transportation or mobile data to get fitness information. women.
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