Table 2 Responses of health care workers concerning sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents, east Hararghe, Ethiopia ¥
Items assessing health workers' attitudes | Responses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Positive, n (%) | Neutral, n (%) | Negative, n (%) | |
Intention on SRHS expansion for UAs | 328 (83.2) | 44 (11.3) | 22 (5.5) |
Health workers’ importance in reducing ASRH problems | 319 (80.9) | 50(12.9) | 25 (6.3) |
SRHS expansion is crucial issue for female UAs | 262 (64.0) | 123 (31.2) | 19 (4.8) |
Adolescents’ active participation is important in reducing SRH related problems of the premarital adolescents | 332 (84.3) | 41 (10.4) | 21 (5.3) |
Discussion between parents and UAs on SRH is mandatory to reduce and control SRH problems of the UAs | 321 (81.4) | 38 (9.6) | 35 (8.9) |
Awareness creation to UAs about skills of practicing safe sex negotiation is one step to reduce UASRH problems | 274 (62.7) | 80 (20.3) | 40 (10.2) |
UAs have harder time to get SRHS than married clients | 285 (72.3) | 85 (21.5) | 24 (6.1) |
UASRHS is important only for female adolescents b/c they are the only victims of the SRH problems | 159 (40.3) | 210 (53.3) | 25 (6.3) |
Sex education is better to be started at pre-adolescence age | 148 (37.5) | 43 (10.9) | 193 (4.9) |
ASRH service expansion beyond health facilities such as schools and youth centers where a large number of adolescents can be addressed helps to reduce the problem. | 235 (59.6) | 84 (21.3) | 75 (19.0) |
ASRH service expansion is an effective way to prevent unwanted pregnancy and its adverse consequences | 329 (83.5) | 62 (15.7) | 3 (8.0) |
Adolescents have a right to use FP as that of all other married clients | 198 (50.2) | 146 (37.0) | 50 (12.7) |
Pre-marital unsafe abortion cases should not blamed as guilty or the responsible persons for the problem | 271 (68.8) | 77 (19.5) | 46 (11.7) |
The way respondents feel towards their adolescent daughters’ contraceptive usage. | 180 (45.7) | 182 (46.2) | 32 (8.1) |
The way respondents feel towards their adolescent sons’ contraceptive usage. | 236 (59.9) | 91 (23.1) | 67 (17.0) |
The way respondents expect about their spouse’s perception on their adolescent daughter’s contraceptive method usage. | 178 (45.2) | 156 (39.6) | 60 (15.2) |
Respondents’ likely to provide FP and other SRH services for every adolescents in future. | 256 (65.0) | 93 (23.6) | 45 (11.4) |