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The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents

Overview of attention for article published in Reproductive Health, February 2017
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Title
The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents
Published in
Reproductive Health, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12978-017-0294-5
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Joar Svanemyr, Susana Guijarro, Betzabe Butron Riveros, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

Abstract

Adolescents face a range of health problems but many barriers block their access to health services, and in particular to sexual and reproductive health services. The objective of this study was to assess the health needs of adolescents in Ecuador and to draw lessons from the ways the country has responded to their need for differentiated care. We conducted a literature review and consulted key stakeholders. Adolescents in Ecuador today have a wide range of health care needs, in particular related to sexual and reproductive health. A major concern is the high rates of adolescent pregnancy. A national programme was established in 2007 to offer differentiated health care for adolescents-an effort that featured specially trained staff, enclaved facilities, respect for adolescents' privacy and confidentiality, a friendly atmosphere, and a dedication to establishing trust. It resulted in rapid increases in visits by young persons both for preventive and curative services. In 2011, the government initiated a model for "integrated family and community health care" which led to a disruption of the central support for capacity building and follow-up of adolescent friendly services. The Ecuadorian experience has demonstrated the need for institutionalised differentiated care for adolescents who are facing a wide range of health issues.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Egypt 1 <1%
Unknown 169 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 29 17%
Student > Bachelor 21 12%
Researcher 12 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 6%
Lecturer 10 6%
Other 32 19%
Unknown 55 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 30 18%
Social Sciences 18 11%
Psychology 6 4%
Arts and Humanities 6 4%
Other 18 11%
Unknown 59 35%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 October 2019.
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#4,528,886
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#510
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Outputs of similar age from Reproductive Health
#15
of 37 outputs
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