Yes / Background: Women and the adolescents girls in low-middle income countries continue
to be the most vulnerable individuals in times of disasters such as the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic with emphasis on their Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH); yet hardly many
studies choose to identify gaps that could improve and bring about well-informed
interventions during crisis that do not affect other essential services. Hence, this study
aimed to identify the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic mitigation measures on access and
utilization of sexual reproductive health services and its related SRH outcomes among
women and female adolescents in Kenya.
Methods: A systematic literature review was performed to collate findings on the given
study using 8 databases. Total of 1352 presumably pertinent publication were retrieved of
which 20 studies met the study’s inclusion criteria which included studies with quantitative,
qualitative and mixed methods study designs in full text and in English without duplicates.
Using a data extraction table, thematic analysis was carried out to yield the study findings.
Results: Two themes were identified including; service access related outcomes with the
sub-themes of maternal health services and HIV/AIDS services and pandemic specific
stressors with the sub-themes of Covid-19 mitigation stressors and socio-economic
stressors. The findings implied that, women of reproductive age SRH access and utilization
was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic’s mitigation responses with adverse SRH health
outcomes.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected sexual reproductive
health services among women and female adolescents in Kenya. The given main findings
indicated and recognized the existence of improper set policies and mitigative measures
during crisis management, affecting essential services such as SRH.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19490 |
| Date | 17 June 2023 |
| Creators | Kostrzynska, E.B., Mohammadnezhad, Masoud, Hagan, V.M., Nwankwo, B., Garatsa, C. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | ©2023 Kostrzynska, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially., CC-BY-NC |
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