ArticleAfrican health sciences2025
Current use of modern contraceptives among young people 10 - 24 years in Central and Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study.
Article in African health sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Current use of modern contraceptives among young people 10 - 24 years in Central and Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Editorial: Infections, reproductive health and non-communicable diseases.African health sciences · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Despite being the most effective way to prevent unintended pregnancies and related complications, modern contraceptive use in Uganda remains low compared to the national target. We aimed to assess the knowledge and factors associated with the current use of modern contraceptive among young people aged 10-24 in central and western Uganda. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that collected data from 289 in- and out-of-school young people aged 10-24 years in five districts of western and central Uganda. Modified Poisson regression was used to determine the factors associated with the current use of modern contraceptive use. Results: Overall, 62.6% (181) of the respondents knew about modern contraceptives. Current use of modern contraceptives was 58.5% (169). Current use of modern contraceptives was associated with being aged 20-24 (Adj. PRR= 0.69, 95%CI; 0.52-0.90), p=0.007; not residing with someone as a sexual partner (Adj. PRR=0.71, 95%CI; 0.57-0.88), p=0.002; and being a student (Adj. PRR=1.37, 95% CI; 1.04-1.79), p=0.023. Conclusion: Young people aged 10-24 in central and western Uganda were well-informed about modern contraceptives, especially injectables and condoms, but less knowledgeable about emergency contraceptives. Students used modern contraceptives more than non-students, while those aged 20-24 and not cohabiting with partners were less likely to use them. Awareness campaigns for 20-24-year-olds and those living with partners are necessary to increase usage.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.