Impact of COVID-19 on household incomes and access to SRHR services by young people

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The health centres are very far, and when the disabled person is a young adult and you do not have the means of transport to take them to the health facility, it is quite challenging. They charge 2,000/= to and 2,000/= from which makes 4,000/= for a single person. It can even be more when you are not good at bargaining (FGD, Caregivers of Young people with disabilities (FGD Caregiver of PWD – Buyere; Mpungwe Sub-county) Overall, young people satisfaction with the SRH services was high as shown in figure 42 below. Figure 42: Young people’s satisfaction with SRH services received. As shown in figure 32, half (50%) of all young people Dissatisafied 3.26 who sought and obtained SRH services were satisfied, while 40.22% were very Neither 6.52 satisfied. Combined, the proportion of young people Satisfied 50 that were satisfied and very satisfied with the SRH services received was Very satisfied 40.22 90.22%. Only 9.78% which is slightly less than a tenth was 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 not satisfied with the SRH services. Of these 6.52% were undecided wholesome 3.26% were dissatisfied. None of the young persons interviewed expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the SRH services received. While the percentage of those that were satisfied and very satisfied was slightly higher in Mpungwe than Baitambogwe, the difference is not statistically significant as evidence by the Pearson Chi-square result of 0.357 which is way above the alpha level of 0.05. Overall, the majority (44.44%) of young people who obtained SRH services reported that the expenditure on specific services sought had increased since the imposition of the lockdown, while 11.1% said it has incased a lot. Overall, the proportion of young people who reported that the cost of SRH had increased was a little more than half (55.66%), while those who reported that it had decreased were 22.22%. Regarding the trend in overall expenditure on SRH (including associated costs) since the imposition of the lockdown, a majority (59.21%) of the young people reported that it did not change, while 15.79 and 25% reported that it decreased and increased, respectively.

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Annex 8: Case Study Documentation Guide

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Annex 11: Letter of introduction endorsed by the District Authorities

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pages 115-129

Annex 7: Interview Guide for Health Workers / In charges of Health Facilities

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Annex 6: Interview Guide for Peer Educators

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pages 102-103

Figure 46: Overall coping strategies adopted by households

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pages 70-74

Annex 4: FGD Guide for Caregivers of Young People (Male and Female Annex 5: Interview Guide for District/Sub-county Health Officials and Political Leaders89

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Figure 42: Young people’s satisfaction with SRH services received

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Annex 3: FGD Guide for Young People (Male and Female) Aged 10-24 years

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pages 97-98

Figure 21: Community leaders’ support towards SRH of young people

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Figure 41: Who paid for SRH services accessed by young people

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3.4.6 Impact on health spending and utilization of SRH services

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Table 12: Young people’s source of information of SRH during the lockdown

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Figure 8: Reasons for not seeking SRH services

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Figure 11: Contraceptive method used during last 12 months

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Figure 7: SRH services sought and obtained during the lockdown

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Table 4: Demographic characteristics of caregivers

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Figure 6: Young people who sought and obtained SRH services

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1.4.1 Objectives and research questions

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Figure 9: Reasons for not obtaining the services sought

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Figure 2: Forms of paid work engaged in by young people

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