Josephine Uzayisenga

ORCID: 0009-0006-4828-5000
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  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

University of Rwanda
2023-2025

Adolescents in Africa encounter various sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges, such as insufficient information, societal stigma, inadequate services, cultural obstacles. Enhancing collaboration between parents healthcare providers can foster trust, improve communication, provide better support, ultimately leading to improved access, quality, utilization of SRH services (SRHS) for adolescents. This paper offers perspectives from on the roles their partnerships improving adolescent...

10.1177/26334941251337534 article EN cc-by-nc Therapeutic Advances in Reproductive Health 2025-04-01

BackgroundThe quality of communication between adolescents and parents regarding sexual reproductive health is a crucial area that needs improvement. Although existing studies emphasize the significance parent-adolescent from parental views, there gap in investigating adolescents' perspectives. Understanding their experiences can help develop effective strategies address developmental promote healthier behaviours. ObjectiveThis study aims to collect detailed information about how view with...

10.4314/rjmhs.v8i1.3 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2025-03-31

Abstract Background Adolescents in low-middle-income countries often face limited access to health information and services due several different factors. Ineffective communication between healthcare providers adolescents is among them. This study aims assess adolescents’ perspectives regarding their with reproductive service Rwanda. Methods A phenomenological exploratory qualitative was used. Eleven focus group discussions were conducted aged 10 19 years December 2020 January 2021. All...

10.1186/s12913-023-10526-3 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2024-01-16

Abstract Background: Adolescents in low-middle-income countries often face limited access to health information and services for several different factors like poverty, gender inequality, social-economic status, social norms, tradition. Proper communication of sexual issues between adolescents care providers has been proven be one the strategies that could “encourage avoid unprotected intercourse thus reducing associated risks while ineffective silently exposes many them risks. This study...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3277816/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2023-08-22
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