ArticlePrimary health care research & development2019
Acceptability and feasibility of a school-based contraceptive clinic in a low-income community in South Africa.
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- Are facility service delivery models meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- Capturing the Dynamic Nature of Choice: Qualitative Perspectives on Contraceptive Acceptability from Cameroon and Kenya.Studies in family planning · 2025Article
- Exploring Stakeholder Roles and Strategies for Preventing Teenage Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Analysis in Lepelle-Nkumpi District: South Africa.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Beyond policy: perspectives of school health practitioners about providing contraception services to school-going adolescents in South Africa.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2024Article
- Addressing Learner-Centred Barriers to Sexuality Education in Rural Areas of South Africa: Learners' Perspectives on Promoting Sexual Health Outcomes.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Hair salons and stylist-client social relationships as facilitators of community-based contraceptive uptake in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a qualitative analysis.Reproductive health · 2021Article
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aimTo investigate how acceptable and feasible a school-based contraceptive clinic (SBCC) would be in a low-income South African community.
backgroundTeenage 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.
methodsA 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.
findingsTeenage 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.
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