Parent-adolescent communication on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative review and thematic synthesis
Key messages Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa remain at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, female genital mutilation, and early pregnancy. Adolescents mostly view sex-related discussions with parents as uncomfortable, and interactions are driven by fear of personal, social, and economic...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Published: |
BMC,
2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this object online. |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000 am a22000003u 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | doaj_3c982c2eb0b642d89d9f6f7d0040aadf | ||
| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 100 | 1 | 0 | |a Ijeoma Usonwu |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Raheelah Ahmad |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Katherine Curtis-Tyler |e author |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Parent-adolescent communication on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative review and thematic synthesis |
| 260 | |b BMC, |c 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z. | ||
| 500 | |a 10.1186/s12978-021-01246-0 | ||
| 500 | |a 1742-4755 | ||
| 520 | |a Key messages Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa remain at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, female genital mutilation, and early pregnancy. Adolescents mostly view sex-related discussions with parents as uncomfortable, and interactions are driven by fear of personal, social, and economic consequences of sexual risk-taking behaviour. Parents recognise their lack of capacity to engage with adolescents and are influenced by cultural norms and religious beliefs. Future research needs to address the current imbalance of adult versus adolescent voices in published work and also ensure a creation of space for conversations about sexuality with sexual and gender minority youth in the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual communities. | ||
| 546 | |a EN | ||
| 690 | |a Adolescent | ||
| 690 | |a Parent | ||
| 690 | |a Sexual health | ||
| 690 | |a Sexuality | ||
| 690 | |a Sex education | ||
| 690 | |a Sex | ||
| 690 | |a Gynecology and obstetrics | ||
| 690 | |a RG1-991 | ||
| 655 | 7 | |a article |2 local | |
| 786 | 0 | |n Reproductive Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021) | |
| 787 | 0 | |n https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01246-0 | |
| 787 | 0 | |n https://doaj.org/toc/1742-4755 | |
| 856 | 4 | 1 | |u https://doaj.org/article/3c982c2eb0b642d89d9f6f7d0040aadf |z Connect to this object online. |