Improving the quality of reproductive health care for young people

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Access And Quality

Nearly 1.7 billion people, about one-third of the world’s total population, are between the ages of 10 and 24, with the vast majority living in developing countries. As they mature, young people are increasingly exposed to reproductive health (RH) risks such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unintended or early pregnancies, and complications from pregnancy and childbirth. Improving young people’s RH care is key to improving the world’s future economic and social well-being, but young people’s RH needs are often overlooked or viewed through a lens of cultural values that limit care. During the past decade, in part as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, young people and their health needs have been the subject of greater attention worldwide. More health policies and services are becoming “youth friendly.” Some clinics now provide services to young men or offer RH care to young women before they have had their first child. This policy brief focuses on facility-based services for young adults and uses the framework developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Maximizing Access and Quality Initiative to illuminate key issues about the quality of reproductive health care.

scholarly journals What methods and challenges for taking account of context when transferring complex interventions?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Villadsen ◽  
S Dias
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Reproductive Health Care

Abstract For complex public health interventions to be effective their implementation needs to adapt to the situation of those implementing and those receiving the intervention. While context matter for intervention implementation and effect, we still insist on learning from cross-country comparison of implementation. Next methodological challenges include how to increase learning from implementation of complex public health interventions from various context. The interventions presented in this workshop all aims to improve quality of reproductive health care for immigrants, however with different focus: contraceptive care in Sweden, group based antenatal care in France, and management of pregnancy complications in Denmark. What does these interventions have in common and are there cross cutting themes that help us to identify the larger challenges of reproductive health care for immigrant women in Europe? Issues shared across the interventions relate to improved interactional dynamics between women and the health care system, and theory around a woman-centered approach and cultural competence of health care providers and systems might enlighten shared learnings across the different interventions and context. Could the mechanisms of change be understood using theoretical underpinnings that allow us to better generalize the finding across context? What adaption would for example be needed, if the Swedish contraceptive intervention should work in a different European setting? Should we distinguish between adaption of function and form, where the latter might be less important for intervention fidelity? These issues will shortly be introduced during this presentation using insights from the three intervention presentations and thereafter we will open up for discussion with the audience.

scholarly journals Cytomegalovirus infection and reproductive health of women

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia R. Belyaeva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Infection ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Quality Of Medical Care ◽  
Pregnancy And Birth ◽  
Main Factor

The article presents material about critical states in obstetric and gynecologic practice (“near miss”), obtained on the basis of their own research, as well as the data of domestic and foreign authors. It is shown that the main factor determining the outcome of the pregnancy and birth, is the quality of medical care provided to the woman. The characteristics of “near miss”, indicated the risk factors for its occurrence. A measure of the health care until serious complications of pregnancy and childbirth, as well as possible ways to reduce the frequency of their development.

scholarly journals The Continuing Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Findings from the 2021 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura D. Lindberg ◽  
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Jennifer Mueller ◽  
Marielle Kirstein ◽  
Alicia VandeVusse
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fertility Preferences ◽  
Reproductive Health Care ◽  
Health Experiences ◽  
Core Areas

In this report, we analyze the 2021 data, focusing on how respondents feel the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced their sexual and reproductive health in two core areas: fertility preferences and access to care, including use of telehealth. We note disparities according to individuals’ race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, income level and economic well-being. To assess the ongoing scope and magnitude of the impacts of the pandemic, we also examine findings on comparable measures from the 2020 and 2021 GSRHE studies. These data provide four key findings: The pandemic has continued to shift fertility preferences and impede access to sexual and reproductive health care, including contraceptive services. The impacts reported in the summer of 2021 are smaller than those reported earlier in the pandemic but remain pervasive. The pandemic continues to have disproportionate effects on the sexual and reproductive health of those already experiencing systemic social and health inequities. Telehealth services are bridging gaps in sexual and reproductive health care resulting from pandemic-related upheaval, particularly for those who already experience barriers to accessing health care.

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