AHRI.HSYP.Data
Health service provision for and utilisation by young people (10-24 years) study conducted between September 2016 and August 2017 within the Africa Health Research Institute’s Population Intervention Programme Surveillance Area in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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South Africa | ZA |
The aim of this formative research was to explore current health service provision for adolescents and young people (10-24 years old) in rural KwaZulu-Natal and to identify potential areas for improvement of services. The specific objectives were: (1) to summarise government health policy in relation to young people and the services that should be available (2) to document the primary health care services that are available to young people (3) to document health service utilisation by young people (4) to document and assess the appropriateness of the locations where young people could potentially access health services (places they congregate or meet) (5) to explore facilitators and barriers to health service uptake by young people (6) to outline a proposal to develop and test the impact of an intervention to improve health service utilisation by young people. The study methods comprised qualitative interviews with young people, health workers and key stakeholders (District officials, local leaders, parents/guardians), participatory mapping by young people of their communities, and a retrospective health record review. The data available are both qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative data comprise anonymised and de-identified transcripts, audio-recordings, interview summaries, drawings, and notes from spiral walk observations. Quantitative data comprise (1) health register review data captured in the field on REDCap forms: main variables are age, gender, presenting condition, treatment given, screening of learners, referrals (2) District Health Information System (DHIS) adolescent health indicator data for the 17 PHCC in Mtubatuba and Hlabisa sub-districts for the period May 2016-September 2016. (3) ClinicLink data for 11 PHCC and one hospital linked to the AHRI population intervention platform for the period Jan-Dec 2017: main variables are age, gender, reason for attendance.
Health register data; coded textual data; textual data; audio recordings; drawings
Individual and group interview data. Individual and aggregate health register data
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Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data; Qualitative Research; Quality of Health Care; Reproductive Health Services; Humans; South Africa | Africa Health Research Institute | www.ahri.org |
Population Intervention Programme Study Area of the Africa Health Research Institute
Rural and peri-urban young males and females aged 10-24 years and adults (all ages)
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Doyle, Aoife | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
Seeley, Janet | Africa Health Research Institute |
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Africa Health Research Institute |
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ViiV Healthcare | Causal Pathways to population health impact of HIV antiretroviral treatment |
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Mchunu, Lerato | AHRI | Supervised data collection, collected data |
Ngwenya, Nothando | AHRI | Managed data collection |
Gumede, Dumile | AHRI | Managed data collection |
Nkosi, Busi | AHRI | Documented/archived qualitative data |
Participants were recruited face to face in the schools, community and health facilities using purposive sampling
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2016-09-01 | 2017-08-30 |
Transcribed data were translated into English and iteratively analysed for themes using content analysis. A deductive and inductive organising framework was used to organise the data and to develop codes and themes. After familiarisation with the interviews, three researchers (BN, LSM, NN) and fieldworkers conducted initial open coding independently. These were reviewed by two co-authors (JS and AD). Themes were determined by the content of the interview guides combined with an inductive development of codes as they emerged from the data
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DDI.AHRI.HSYP.Data
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Africa Health Research Institute |