Acceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKhoza, Nondumisoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZulu, Phindileen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorShung-King, Mayleneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-09T09:06:19Z
dc.date.available2021-12-09T09:06:19Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Khoza, N., Zulu, P. & Shung-King, M. 2019. Acceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africa. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 20:e22, doi:10.1017/S1463423618000762.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/primary-health-care-research-and-development/
dc.description.abstractAim: To investigate how acceptable and feasible a school-based contraceptive clinic (SBCC) would be in a low-income South African community. Background: Teenage pregnancy is an important issue in South Africa, with significant health and social consequences. Issues regarding lack of confidentiality in an intimate community, unwelcoming health workers, long distances to clinics and perceptions of contraceptive side effects may all inhibit contraceptive use by adolescents. Although SBCC has been initiated and investigated in other countries, this approach is inadequately researched in South Africa. Methods: A mixed method study was conducted to assess the attitudes of one community towards establishment of an SBCC in their area. Methods of data collection included: focus group discussions (FGDs) with teenage girls from a local high school; a key informant interview with the school principal; a structured survey, including open-ended questionnaires with randomly selected parents of teenage girls from the same community; and a documentary analysis to explore relevant legal and policy considerations. Findings: Teenage girls, the school principal and parents with teenage daughters largely supported the idea of an SBCC, but with concerns about confidentiality, the possibility of increased promiscuity and contraceptive side effects. While legal statutes and policies in South Africa do not pose any barriers to the establishment of an SBCC, some logistical barriers remain.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/primary-health-care-research-and-development/article/acceptability-and-feasibility-of-a-schoolbased-contraceptive-clinic-in-a-lowincome-community-in-south-africa/4675750BF07AD6137B4D03A76F6CCBAF
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent8 pages ; illustrations
dc.identifier.citationKhoza, N., Zulu, P. & Shung-King, M. 2019. Acceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africa. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 20:e22, doi:10.1017/S1463423618000762
dc.identifier.issn1477-1128 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1463-4236 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1017/S1463423618000762
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123547
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights.holderCambridge University Press
dc.subjectTeenage pregnancy -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectContraceptives -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleAcceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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