Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This operations research (OR) study focused on providing information appropriate to the cultural context of Senegalese adolescents on a variety of reproductive health issues including: knowledge of the human body; puberty; sexuality; gender roles; different cultural, familial, and peer values regarding sexual and reproductive behavior; contraception; responsible parenthood; STIs and AIDS; and sources of help and services. The study was undertaken in three urban communities in northern Senegal and had an overall positive result on young people's reproductive health knowledge, enhanced community understanding of youth reproductive health needs, and showed that a multisectoral approach is vital to supporting young people’s healthy growth. This success prompted a follow-up effort to institutionalize youth reproductive health in the study districts, create a favorable policy and funding environment for adolescent reproductive health at the national level, and scale up the intervention in Senegal and to other francophone African countries (Mauritania, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali). This summary describes the essential process elements of this institutionalization effort. FRONTIERS provided technical assistance to the government ministries to develop action plans which were submitted to development partners for funding.
Recommended Citation
Diop, Nafissatou J. and Anta Fall Diagne. 2008. "Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh4.1212
Language
French
Project
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Included in
Health Services Research Commons, International Public Health Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons, Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons
Comments
Executive summary in English; full report in French