Maternal health challenges experienced by adolescents; could community score cards address them? A case study of Kibuku District- Uganda.
Rebecca Racheal ApolotMoses TetuiEvelyne B NyachwoLinda WaldmanRosemary MorganChristine AanyuAloysius MutebiSuzanne N KiwanukaElizabeth EkirapaPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2020)
The maternal health challenges faced by adolescents in Kibuku have a cultural, legal, social and health service dimension. There is therefore need to look at a multi-faceted approach to holistically address them. CSCs that are targeted at the entire community are unlikely to address specific needs of vulnerable groups such as adolescents. To address the maternal health challenges of adolescents, there is need to have separate meetings with adolescents, targeted mobilization for adolescents to attend meetings and deliberate inclusion of their maternal health challenges into the CSC.