Gbagbo Fred Yao
Department of Health Administration and Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Central Region, Ghana.
Int J Pediatr. 2020 Sep 23;2020:7521096. doi: 10.1155/2020/7521096. eCollection 2020.
Ghana over the years strived to improve contraceptive services for young people through various policies and programs. Despite these efforts, contraceptive use among young people remains a challenge. In this study, contraceptive use among basic school pupils in a Ghanaian municipality was explored to inform policy and program decisions.
The research design was a cross-sectional and mixed-method survey involving four hundred and twenty-seven (427) respondents randomly selected from four hundred and eleven (411) basic schools (102 from private and 309 from public basic schools) within Effutu Municipality of Ghana.
Basic school pupils in Ghana are generally sexually active but have high unmet needs for modern contraception due to sociocultural barriers, stigma, and misconceptions. Awareness and use are however more prevalent among junior high school pupils compared to those at the primary levels. Pupils who received contraceptive education from parents/guardians were, however, more likely to use modern contraceptives consistently than their counterparts who do not.
Because young people in basic schools are becoming sexually active, there is a need for formalized contraceptive education in basic schools for correct information and education.
多年来，加纳一直努力通过各种政策和项目改善为年轻人提供的避孕服务。尽管做出了这些努力，但年轻人的避孕措施使用情况仍然是一个挑战。在本研究中，对加纳一个市政当局的小学生的避孕措施使用情况进行了探索，以为政策和项目决策提供参考。
研究设计为横断面混合方法调查，从加纳埃富图市政当局的411所基础学校（102所私立和309所公立基础学校）中随机抽取427名受访者。
加纳的小学生普遍有性行为，但由于社会文化障碍、耻辱感和误解，对现代避孕措施的未满足需求很高。然而，与小学生相比，初中生对避孕措施的知晓和使用更为普遍。不过，从父母/监护人那里接受过避孕教育的学生比未接受过的学生更有可能持续使用现代避孕措施。
由于基础学校的年轻人开始有性行为，因此有必要在基础学校开展正规的避孕教育，以提供正确的信息和教育。
