A Study on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic Towards the Provision of Sexual Reproductive Health Services to Adolescents and Young People: A Case Study of Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe District
- Author
- Mhandu, Lenon
- Title
- A Study on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic Towards the Provision of Sexual Reproductive Health Services to Adolescents and Young People: A Case Study of Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe District
- Abstract
- With the measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus continue to be tightened, this pose a danger to the adolescence and the whole community at large, the researcher sought to understand the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic towards the provision of SRH services to adolescents and young people: a case of Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe district. The researcher used a case study method research method in the study. A sample of 50 respondents was selected using purposive and random sampling techniques from the Brotha2 Brotha program and Sista2Sista program from 250 adolescents and young people and purposive sampling was used to select seven key informants who work with adolescents and young people. The research instruments used by the researcher were questionnaires and interviews due to their convenience and time-saving nature. From the findings, it is evident that in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe, teenage pregnancy rate increased, school dropouts increased, STI rates and GBV cases also increased during the Covid-19 era and trying times was worsened by lockdown restrictions which trapped adolescents to social ills, financial problems, alcohol and drugs, infidelity and culture, among others.
- Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Covid-19 Pandemic
- Sexual Reproductive Health Services
- Adolescents And Young People
- Supervisor
- N/A
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
