Nimble adaptations to sexual and reproductive health service provision to adolescents and young people in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

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作者
Ali, Ahmed K. [1 ,2 ]
Barua, Alka [2 ]
Mehta, Rajesh [3 ]
Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, Dept Sexual & Reprod Hlth Res UNDP,Adolescent Sex, Cairo, Egypt
[2] World Bank, Cosponsored Human Reprod Programme, Cairo, Egypt
[3] WHO South East Asia Reg Off, Adolescent Hlth, New Delhi, India
[4] WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, Dept Sexual & Reprod Hlth Res UNDP, Cairo, Egypt
关键词
COVID-19; adolescents; sexual and reproductive health; mental health; service adaptations; digital health; IMPACT; WAVES; 1ST;
D O I
10.1080/26410397.2024.2372165
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, emerging evidence showed that the provision and use of a range of health services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, were affected. Otherwise, there was little evidence on whether and how they were adapted to maintain the access of different population groups, including adolescents. The study aims to provide an overview of adaptations to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services carried out during the early phases of the pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Human Reproduction Program (HRP) at the World Health Organization (WHO) called upon WHO and United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) regional offices to reach out to organisations that provided ASRH services to submit analytic case studies using a short-form survey. The study team charted information from 36 case studies and performed a content analysis. Results show that the adaptations covered a wide array of SRH services that were provided to a diverse group of adolescents. Most adaptations focused on SRH education and access to contraception in comparison to other SRH services. Over half of the case studies included mental health services, most of which were not provided before the pandemic. The adaptations varied between being face-to-face, remote, digital, and non-digital. Most adaptations complemented a pre-existing service and were nimble, feasible, and acceptable to the targeted adolescents. Lessons learned from this study could be extrapolated into other humanitarian settings and rapid responses for future public health emergencies, provided that rigorous evaluation takes place. Au d & eacute;but de la pand & eacute;mie de COVID-19, des donn & eacute;es & eacute;mergentes ont montr & eacute; que la prestation et l'utilisation d'une gamme de services de sant & eacute;, notamment de sant & eacute; sexuelle et reproductive (SSR), avaient & eacute;t & eacute; touch & eacute;es. Par ailleurs, on disposait de peu d'& eacute;l & eacute;ments pour d & eacute;terminer si ces services avaient & eacute;t & eacute; adapt & eacute;s et de quelle mani & egrave;re pour maintenir l'acc & egrave;s de diff & eacute;rents groupes de population, y compris les adolescents. L'& eacute;tude vise & agrave; donner un aper & ccedil;u des adaptations des services de sant & eacute; sexuelle et reproductive des adolescents r & eacute;alis & eacute;es pendant les premi & egrave;res phases de la pand & eacute;mie dans des pays & agrave; revenu faible ou interm & eacute;diaire. Le programme de recherche en reproduction humaine (HRP) de l'Organisation mondiale de la sant & eacute; (OMS) a appel & eacute; les bureaux r & eacute;gionaux de l'OMS et du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population (FNUAP) & agrave; encourager les organisations qui assuraient des services de SSR des adolescents & agrave; pr & eacute;senter des & eacute;tudes de cas analytiques & agrave; l'aide d'une enqu & ecirc;te en version courte. L'& eacute;quipe de l'& eacute;tude a recens & eacute; les informations provenant de 36 & eacute;tudes de cas et effectu & eacute; une analyse de leur contenu. Les r & eacute;sultats montrent que les adaptations couvraient un vaste & eacute;ventail de services de SSR fournis & agrave; un groupe diversifi & eacute; d'adolescents. La plupart des adaptations se sont centr & eacute;es sur l'& eacute;ducation en mati & egrave;re de SSR et l'acc & egrave;s & agrave; la contraception en comparaison avec d'autres services de SSR. Plus de la moiti & eacute; des & eacute;tudes de cas englobaient les services de sant & eacute; mentale, dont la plupart n'& eacute;taient pas assur & eacute;s avant la pand & eacute;mie. Les adaptations variaient entre les services en pr & eacute;sentiel, & agrave; distance, num & eacute;riques et non num & eacute;riques. La majorit & eacute; des adaptations compl & eacute;taient un service pr & eacute;existant et & eacute;taient souples, faisables et acceptables pour les adolescents cibl & eacute;s. Les enseignements tir & eacute;s de cette & eacute;tude pourraient & ecirc;tre extrapol & eacute;s & agrave; d'autres contextes humanitaires et inspirer des r & eacute;ponses rapides & agrave; de futures urgences de sant & eacute; publique, & agrave; condition qu'une & eacute;valuation rigoureuse ait lieu. A principios de la pandemia de COVID-19, la evidencia emergente mostraba que la prestaci & oacute;n y el uso de una variedad de servicios de salud, incluidos los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR), se vieron afectados. Por lo dem & aacute;s, hab & iacute;a poca evidencia de si y c & oacute;mo se adaptaron esos servicios para mantener el acceso de diferentes grupos poblacionales, entre ellos adolescentes. Este estudio pretende ofrecer una visi & oacute;n general de las adaptaciones a los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva para adolescentes (SSRA) realizadas durante las fases iniciales de la pandemia en pa & iacute;ses de bajos y medianos ingresos (PBMI). El Programa de Reproducci & oacute;n Humana (PRH) de la Organizaci & oacute;n Mundial de la Salud (OMS) inst & oacute; a las oficinas regionales de la OMS y del Fondo de Poblaci & oacute;n de las Naciones Unidas (UNFPA) a solicitar a las organizaciones que proporcionaban servicios de SSRA que presentaran estudios de casos anal & iacute;ticos utilizando una corta encuesta. El equipo del estudio registr & oacute; la informaci & oacute;n de 36 casos estudiados y realiz & oacute; el an & aacute;lisis de contenido. Los resultados muestran que las adaptaciones abarcaron una gran variedad de servicios de SSR proporcionados a un grupo diverso de adolescentes. La mayor & iacute;a de las adaptaciones se centraron en la educaci & oacute;n sobre SSR y en el acceso a m & eacute;todos anticonceptivos, en comparaci & oacute;n con otros servicios de SSR. M & aacute;s de la mitad de los casos estudiados comprend & iacute;an servicios de salud mental, la mayor & iacute;a de los cuales no se proporcionaban antes de la pandemia. Las adaptaciones variaron entre ser presenciales, remotas, digitales y no digitales. La mayor & iacute;a de las adaptaciones suplementaban un servicio preexistente y eran ingeniosas, factibles y aceptables a la adolescencia objetivo. Las lecciones aprendidas de este estudio podr & iacute;an extrapolarse a otras situaciones de crisis humanitarias y respuestas r & aacute;pidas a futuras emergencias de salud p & uacute;blica, siempre y cuando se realice una evaluaci & oacute;n rigurosa.
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