Young peoples’ knowledge on availability, access and utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Cameroon: The case of Fako Division.

Njemkerk Edith Ngonwei , Moses Samje , Mary Bi Suh Atanga

Sexual and reproductive health, Availability, Accessibility, Utilization Young people, Knowledge

Introduction: Access to a range of sexual and reproductive health services that safely and effectively satisfy the needs of young people is considered a human right. Young people often do not know where and how to access Sexual and reproductive health services (SRH). Objective: The objective of this study was to assess young peoples’ knowledge on availability, access and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services. Method: A school and facility based cross sectional study using semi- structured questionnaires and focus group discussion among student and young people living with HIV aged 10-24 years living in Fako Division. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and the Atlas Ti version 9.0 software respectively. Results: Inadequate knowledge on availability, access and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services at 369(57.4%), 100(80.6%) and 786(52.3%) was recorded respectively. This findings were consistent in the FGDs, and few who had knowledge of SRHSs, did not know where services were located. Students from BGS Buea and GHS Limbe had a 31% and 49% chance of presenting with inadequate knowledge on the utilization of SRH services than counterparts from PCSS Buea respectively [ (AOR, 0.50; 95% CI: 0.36-0.69; p=<0.001) (AOR 0.33 95% CI: 0.23-0.47; p=<0.001)]. Students of the age group 15-19 years had a 14% chance of having adequate knowledge on utilization of SRH services than students of the age group 10-14years old (AOR 1.29; 95% CI; 1.00-1.64 p=0.044). Female students had a 12% chance of being more knowledgeable than male students with respect to utilization of SRH services (AOR 1.23; 95% CI: 0.79-1.54; p=0.073). Conclusion: Insufficient knowledge of availability, access and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services by young people in Cameroon is still a call for concern. Therefore creating awareness on sexual and reproductive health services through community, media and school sensitization will increase their knowledge thereby improving uptake of these services.

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"Young peoples’ knowledge on availability, access and utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Cameroon: The case of Fako Division.", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.d120-d130, October-2024, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2410316.pdf

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