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ReviewReproductive health2021

Parent-adolescent communication on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative review and thematic synthesis.

Ijeoma Usonwu, Raheelah Ahmad, Katherine Curtis-Tyler

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Review in Reproductive health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ijeoma UsonwuNursing, City University of London School of Health Sciences, London, UK. ijeoma.usonwu@city.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-5080
Raheelah AhmadDivision of Health Services Research and Management, City University of London School of Health Sciences, London, UK.
Katherine Curtis-TylerDivision of Health Services Research and Management, City University of London School of Health Sciences, London, UK.
City, University of London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImproving adolescent sexual and reproductive health continues to be a global public health need. Effective parent-adolescent communication on sexual health issues has been cited as a factor that could influence adolescents towards adopting safer sexual behaviour. The current review synthesises qualitative literature to understand the nature and relevance of parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health communication and the barriers to effective communication in sub-Saharan Africa.

methodsWe systematically searched and synthesised qualitative literature published between 1st January 1990 to December 2019 and searched from CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Global Health, EMBASE, PubMed, and Google Scholar. We assessed the methodological quality of included studies using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist. We thematically analysed qualitative data from the included primary studies.

resultsFifteen studies were included. Social and physiological events act as triggers for initiating discussions. Fear of personal, social, and economic consequences of high-risk sexual behaviours act as drivers for communication but also carry a negative framing which hinders open discussion. Lack of parental self-efficacy and cultural and religious norms create an uncomfortable environment leaving peers, media, teachers, and siblings as important and sometimes preferred sources of sexual health information.

conclusionsWhile mothers recognise their own role in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and school-based interventions can act as useful prompts for initiating discussion, fathers are mainly absent from home-based dialogue. Fear dominates the narrative, and the needs of adolescents remain unarticulated.

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Health CommunicationSexual HealthAdolescentHumansParentsReproductive HealthSexual BehaviorAdolescentParentReproductive healthSexSex educationSexual healthSexuality

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PMID34629082
PMCPMC8504018
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