Department of Population and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana.
Marie Stopes International, Accra, Ghana.
Syst Rev. 2024 May 14;13(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s13643-024-02534-z.
Within the sub-Saharan African region, there is a growing concern for sexual and reproductive health and rights communication, and more particularly, for adolescents. Given the existing barriers associated with face-to-face access, the need to use digital media to access information and services has become desirable and imperative, especially so due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, a synthesis of evidence that informs adolescents' digital media engagements for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) communication is limited. This systematic review therefore aims to examine and synthesize evidence on use of digital media for sexual and reproductive health and rights communication by adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.
A search for peer-reviewed articles will be conducted in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, PsychINFO and Google Scholar with emphasis on those published between 2000 and 2023. Only observational and qualitative studies will be included. Quality assessment of included articles will be done using standardized checklists from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Both descriptive and narrative summaries will be used to appraise evidence from included studies.
This review will be essential in providing information on the types of digital media adolescents use, the various SRHR issues they use this platform to address and their reasons for using it and associated challenges. It will also contribute to the advocacy for the inclusion of these technologies in the teaching and learning, provision of and access to SRHR information and services by teachers, public health providers and peer educators in the subregion.
PROSPERO CRD42020211491. This protocol follows the PRISMA-P guidelines for reporting systematic reviews.
在撒哈拉以南非洲地区,人们越来越关注性健康和生殖健康及权利的传播,尤其是针对青少年群体。由于面对面获取信息存在障碍,因此需要利用数字媒体来获取信息和服务,这一点变得很有必要。特别是在新冠疫情期间,这种需求变得更为迫切。然而,在撒哈拉以南非洲地区,有关青少年利用数字媒体进行性健康和生殖健康及权利(SRHR)传播的综合证据有限。因此,本系统评价旨在研究和综合有关撒哈拉以南非洲地区青少年利用数字媒体进行性健康和生殖健康及权利传播的证据。
将在 PubMed、ScienceDirect、Scopus、Embase、Web of Science、PsychINFO 和 Google Scholar 中搜索同行评议文章,重点关注 2000 年至 2023 年期间发表的文章。仅纳入观察性和定性研究。将使用 Joanna Briggs 研究所的标准化清单对纳入文章进行质量评估。将使用描述性和叙述性摘要来评估纳入研究的证据。
本综述对于了解青少年使用的数字媒体类型、他们利用这一平台解决的各种 SRHR 问题、他们使用数字媒体的原因以及相关挑战至关重要。它还将有助于倡导在该次区域的教学、提供和获取 SRHR 信息和服务中,将这些技术纳入教师、公共卫生提供者和同伴教育者的教学中。
PROSPERO CRD42020211491。本方案遵循 PRISMA-P 报告系统评价的指南。