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ArticleSexual and reproductive health matters2021

Aparna Tiwari, Wan-Ju Wu, David Citrin, Aasha Bhatta, Bhawana Bogati, Scott Halliday, Alisa Goldberg, Sonu Khadka, Rekha Khatri, Yashoda Kshetri and 6 more

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Article in Sexual and reproductive health matters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Aparna TiwariRMNCH Research Analyst, Possible, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2333-1833
Wan-Ju WuAssistant Professor, Boston Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston, MA, USA; Possible, New York, USA.
David CitrinAdviser, Possible, New York, USA; University of Washington, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA, USA; University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Seattle, WA, USA; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
Aasha BhattaCommunity Health Program Associate, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bhawana BogatiCommunity Health Program Associate, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Scott HallidayAdviser, Possible, New York, USA; University of Washington, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1178-6937
Alisa GoldbergAssociate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA.
Sonu KhadkaCommunity Health Program Associate, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Rekha KhatriQualitative Research Manager, Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Yashoda KshetriCommunity Health Program Associate, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Hari Jung RayamaziCommunity Health Program Manager, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sabitri SapkotaDirector of Research, Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
Sita SaudCommunity Health Program Associate, Nyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Aradhana ThapaAdviser, Possible, New York, USA.
Rachel VreemanChair, Department of Health Systems Design and Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5460-8204
Sheela MaruAssistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Health Systems Design and Global Health, New York, USA; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, New York, NY, USA; Possible, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8217-3682

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries continue to face poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH). In Nepal, early marriage and motherhood, gender-based violence, and unmet need for contraception remain pervasive. Adolescent girls in rural areas bear a disproportionate burden of poor reproductive health outcomes, but there are limited context-specific data. This is a qualitative study to identify factors that impact adolescent girls' utilisation of and access to SRH services in a rural district of Nepal. We conducted 21 individual interviews with adolescent girls aged 15-19 years, and three focus group discussions with community health workers. We used an inductive analytic approach to identify emergent and recurrent themes and present the themes using the social ecological model. Individual-level factors that contribute to low uptake of services among adolescent girls include lack of knowledge, self-perceived lack of need, low decision-making autonomy, and shyness. Interpersonal factors that impact access include unsupportive family norms, absence of open communication, and need for permission from family members to access care. At the community level, disparate gender norms, son preference, and judgment by community members affect adolescent SRH. Inadequate sex education, far travel distance to facilities, lack of female healthcare providers and teachers, and inability to access abortion services were identified as organisational and systems barriers. Stigma was a factor cross-cutting several levels. Our findings suggest the need for multi-level strategies to address these factors to improve adolescent girls' SRH.

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Reproductive HealthSexual HealthAdolescentFemaleHumansMothersNepalPregnancySexual BehaviorAdolescent girlsqualitativerural Nepalsexual and reproductive health

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PMCPMC9225746

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