Availability and accessibility of public health services for adolescents and young people in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorMokomane, Zitha
dc.contributor.authorMokhele, Tholang
dc.contributor.authorMathews, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorMakoae, Mokhantšo
dc.contributor.emailzitha.mokomane@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-03T05:12:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractAgainst the background of increasing international calls for the development and implementation of age-appropriate programmes that address both quality and access issues to improve adolescent and youth health, this paper explores the extent to which public health facilities are available and accessible to adolescents and youth in South Africa. The impetus for the study was the current evidence that there was generally poor utilisation of services offered at public health facilities by young people in the country. The overall findings are that despite the country's comprehensive legal and policy framework and commitment to improve the health of young people, there continues to be some structural and systemic factors that hamper effective provision and programming of adolescent and youth friendly services. The paper concludes with recommendations for policy and practice.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSociologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-03-30
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp:// elsevier.com/locate/childyouthen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMokomane, Z, Mokhele, T, Mathews, C & Makoae, M 2017, 'Availability and accessibility of public health services for adolescents and young people in South Africa', Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 74, pp. 125-132.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0190-7409
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59247
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Children and Youth Services Review. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 74, pp. 125-132, 2017. doi : 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.001.en_ZA
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_ZA
dc.subjectYoung peopleen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth facilitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectPublic health facilitiesen_ZA
dc.titleAvailability and accessibility of public health services for adolescents and young people in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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