Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2024, 7(2):13-23 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2024.007

SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE – SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Gabriela Světnická1, Yvetta Vrublová1, Ĺubica Libová2
1 Ústav nelékařských zdravotnických studií, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, Slezská univerzita v Opavě
2 Fakulta zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Ladislava, Nové Zámky, Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety, n. o.

Background: Young people and adolescents need to be educated about the prevention of STD transmission and encouraged to engage in activities to maintain their sexual and reproductive health.

Aim: The aim of the systematic review was to search, analyse and describe the promotion of youth sexual and reproductive health and the prevention of STD transmission.

Design: Systematic review.

Methods: A total of 563 full-text English-language peer-reviewed articles that met the criteria and were published between 2012 and 2015 were retrieved from the bibliographic resources CINAHL, PubMed, SCIELO, Science Direct, and EBSCO in July and August 2024.

Results: A total of 563 papers were retrieved. After removing duplicate and irrelevant publications, 8 studies were included in the evaluation. The research studies mainly focused on sexual and reproductive health promotion and prevention of STD transmission. They also focused on the delivery of information to youth, the spaces provided for this, and the preference for strategies to best achieve desired outcomes.

Conclusion: Despite the differences in methodology, all the research studies included in the literature review showed the need to conduct research in this area and, most importantly, to focus on youth and try to involve them as much as possible in the process. The area of this research is very risky for adolescents and can put them at risk for ill health.

Keywords: sexual health, reproductive health, youth, sexual health education, contraception, prevention, venereal diseases

Received: October 2, 2024; Revised: October 28, 2024; Accepted: October 30, 2024; Published: February 20, 2025  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Světnická G, Vrublová Y, Libová Ĺ. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE – SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Ošetřovatelské perspektivy. 2024;7(2):13-23. doi: 10.25142/osp.2024.007.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. ALLI, F., MAHARAJ, P. and VAWDA, M. Y. Interpersonal Relations Between Health Care Workers and Young Clients: Barriers to Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care. Journal of Community Health [online]. 2013, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 150-155. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1573-3610. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9595-3. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    2. BAUMGARTNER, J. et al. Service delivery characteristics associated with contraceptive use among youth clients in integrated voluntary counseling and HIV testing clinics in Kenya. AIDS Care [online]. 2012, vol. 24, no. 10, p. 1290-1301. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1360-0451. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.658753. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    3. BIDDLECOM, A. E. et al. Adolescents' Views of and Preferences for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive [online]. 2007, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 99-110. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1118-4841. DOI: 10.2307/25549734. Go to original source...
    4. ERULKAR, A. S., ONOKA, C. J. and PHIRI, A. What Is Youth-Friendly? Adolescents' Preferences for Reproductive Health Services in Kenya and Zimbabwe. African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive [online]. 2005, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 51-58. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1118-4841. DOI: 10.2307/3583411. Go to original source...
    5. GEARY, R. S. et al. Barriers to and facilitators of the provision of a youth-friendly health services programme in rural South Africa. BMC Health Services Research [online]. 2014, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 329-344. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1472-6963. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-259. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    6. GEARY, R. S. et al. Evaluating youth-friendly health services: young people's perspectives from a simulated client study in urban South Africa. Global Health Action [online]. 2015, vol. 8, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1654-9880. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26080. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    7. GODIA, P. M. et al. Young people's perception of sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya. BMC Health Services Research [online]. 2014, vol. 14, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1472-6963. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-172. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    8. GOICOLEA, I. et al. Developing and sustaining adolescent-friendly health services: A multiple case study from Ecuador and Peru. Global Public Health [online]. 2017, vol. 12, no. 8, p. 1004-1017. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1744-1706. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1123752. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    9. GOICOLEA, I. et al. Mechanisms for achieving adolescent-friendly services in Ecuador: a realist evaluation approach. Global Health Action [online]. 2012, vol. 5, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1654-9880. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.18748. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    10. HALLER, D. et al. YFHS-WHO+ Questionnaire: Validation of a Measure of Youth-Friendly Primary Care Services. Journal of Adolescent Health [online]. 2012, vol. 51, no. 5, p. 422-430. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1879-1972. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.019. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    11. CHANDRA-MOULI, V. et al. Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access. Reproductive health [online]. 2014, vol. 11, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1742-4755. DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-1. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    12. CHANDRA-MOULI, V., CHATTERJEE, S. and BOSE, K. Do efforts to standardize, assess and improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents by government-run health services in low and middle income countries, lead to improvements in service-quality and service-utilization by adolescents? Reproductive Health [online]. 2016, vol. 13. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1742-4755. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0111-y. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    13. JONAS, K. et al. Healthcare workers' behaviors and personal determinants associated with providing adequate sexual and reproductive healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth [online]. 2017, vol. 17, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1471-2393. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1268-x. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    14. KAVANAUGH, M. et al. Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Teens and Young Adults: Youth-Friendly and Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Services in U.S. Family Planning Facilities. Journal of Adolescent Health [online]. 2013, vol. 52, no. 3, p. 284-292. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1879-1972. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.276. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    15. MALM, D. et al. Validation of a questionnaire to measure youth-friendliness of Swedish youth clinics. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health [online]. 2017, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 366-372. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1651-1905. DOI: 10.1177/1403494817699479. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    16. MCHOME, Z. et al. A 'Mystery Client' Evaluation of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Health Facilities from Two Regions in Tanzania. PLoS One [online]. 2015, vol. 10, no. 3. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1932-6203. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120822. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    17. PATTON, G. C. et al. Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data. The Lancet [online]. 2009, vol. 374, no. 9693, p. 881-892. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1474-547X. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60741-8. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    18. RAHNEMAIE, F. S. et al. Effects of Complementary Medicine on Successful Breastfeeding and its Associated Issues in the Postpartum Period. Iranian Journal of Pediatrics [online]. 2019, vol. 29, no. 1. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 2008-2142. DOI: 10.5812/ijp.80180. Go to original source...
    19. TANNER, A. E. et al. "Youth friendly" clinics: Considerations for linking and engaging HIV-infected adolescents into care. AIDS Care [online]. 2014, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 199-205. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1360-0451. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.808800. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    20. THOMÉE, S. et al. Challenges and strategies for sustaining youth-friendly health services - a qualitative study from the perspective of professionals at youth clinics in northern Sweden. Reproductive Health [online]. 2016, vol. 13. [cit. 1. 10. 2024]. ISSN 1742-4755. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0261-6. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    21. WOOG, V. et al. Adolescent Women's need for and use of sexual and reproductive health Services in Developing Countries. New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2015.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content