Identifying youth-friendly service practices associated with adolescents’ use of reproductive healthcare services in post-conflict Burundi: a cross-sectional study

Moise, Imelda K.; Verity, Jaclyn F.; Kangmennaang, Joseph

doi:10.1186/s12942-016-0075-3

International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 3 Association of key YFS characteristics related to adolescents’ use of RHS using a Poisson regression model

From: Identifying youth-friendly service practices associated with adolescents’ use of reproductive healthcare services in post-conflict Burundi: a cross-sectional study

Explanatory variables/youth-friendly practices	Public (n = 499)			Private (n = 215)			Religious (n = 139)
	β	Wald 95% confidence limits		β	Wald 95% confidence limits		β	Wald 95% confidence limits
	β	Confidence interval	Sig.	β	Confidence interval	Sig.	β	Confidence interval	Sig.
Intercept	94.298	80.89–109.92	*******	0.005	0.005–0.005	*******	26.754	17.17–41.68	*******
Health facility characteristics
Hours include evenings/weekend hours	0.739	0.698–0.781	*******	1.281	0.999–1.643	*	0.824	0.704–0.965	*
Designated check-in and exam rooms available	0.113	0.068–0.187	*******	.040	0.006–0.289	*******	1.487	1.190–1.857	*******
Waiting/exam rooms have print educational materials to appeal to adolescents	0.652	0.611–0.696	*******	.124	0.057–0.271	*******	0.625	0.53–0.736	*******
Waiting/exam rooms have educational pictures to appeal to adolescents	0.805	0.758–0.855	***	2.819	1.822–4.363	*******	0.513	0.440–0.597	*******
Waiting/exam rooms have educational posters to appeal to adolescents	1.618	1.527–1.714	***	.680	0.490–0.944	*	1.445	1.273–1.640	*******
Program design characteristics
Adolescents are involved in design/feedback	~	~	~	.520	0.346–0.781	**	~	~
Facility has strategy to involve adolescents^a	0.939	0.838–1.052		1.970			2.663	1.983–3.576	*******
Privacy and confidentiality preserved^b	0.698	0.628–0.775	*******	2.481	1.836–3.352	*******	1.573	1.338–1.849	*******
Outreach and/or education is provided^c	0.889	0.841–0.939	*******	.113	0.08–0.158	*******	0.773	0.684–0.873	*******
RHC services discounted to adolescents	1.079	0.970–1.200		~	~	~	1.399	1.069–1.830	*

β Exponential estimates
Significance level: <0.0001***; <0.01**; <0.05*
~ Model did not converge
^aFacility has a strategy to involve adolescents in planning and in the provision of care
^bRecords are preserved to protect the privacy and confidentiality of adolescents’ personal medical records and health information
^cOutreach and/or education provided in the community for young people

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