CERCA
Community-embedded Reproductive health Care for Adolescents
| Coordinatore |
Organization address
address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Non specificata |
| Totale costo | 3˙644˙260 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙893˙700 € |
| Programma | FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health |
| Code Call | FP7-HEALTH-2009-single-stage |
| Funding Scheme | C |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-03-01 - 2014-02-28 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Organization address
address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 contact info |
BE (GENT) | coordinator | 977˙160.00 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA
Organization address
address: 12 OF APRIL AVENUE contact info |
EC (CUENCA) | participant | 407˙840.00 |
| 3 |
SOUTH GROUP SRL
Organization address
address: AV HEROINAS O 165 EDIF ALBA II O-165 contact info |
BO (COCHABAMBA) | participant | 374˙404.00 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Organization address
address: SPUI 21 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 367˙144.00 |
| 5 |
INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE LA SALUD ICAS ASSOCIATION - CENTRAL AMERICAN HEALTH INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: "REPARTO LOS ROBLES - CASA 77 - Restaurante LA MARSELLAISE - cuadra al norte, cuadra al este 77" contact info |
NI (MANAGUA) | participant | 352˙128.00 |
| 6 |
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS DE SALUD - CIES UNAN
Organization address
address: De la Rotonda Santo Domingo 1/2 cuadra al sur. Costado izquierdo. Barrio Habana contact info |
NI (MANAGUA) | participant | 220˙368.00 |
| 7 |
LIETUVOS SVEIKATOS MOKSLU UNIVERSITETAS
Organization address
address: A MICKEVICIAUS GATVE 9 contact info |
LT (KAUNAS) | participant | 194˙656.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Adolescents in Latin America are confronted with serious sexual and reproductive health problems. Besides the negative physical effects, poor sexual and reproductive health brings about social threats for adolescents. The CERCA project aims to contribute to the global knowledge about how health systems could be more responsive to the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and by extension to the other health needs of their populations. In a first phase the determinants for sexual and reproductive health for adolescents will be analysed in research settings in three Latin American cities: Cochabamba in Bolivia, Cuenca in Ecuador, and Managua in Nicaragua. Subsequently a comprehensive strategy for community-embedded interventions will be developed that targets at improved access to adolescent-friendly reproductive health care in primary health services, a supporting and enabling environment and strengthened adolescent competence to make reproductive health choices. A strong emphasis will be put on the use of media (internet and text message on mobiles) to reach adolescents for empowering actions. The strategy will be implemented and tested on its impact and applicability. The analysis of the implementation processes and the evaluation results will help to develop a framework for community-embedded interventions that improve the responsiveness of health systems to health needs. Community-participatory action research will be the main methodology for the development of the intervention strategy and the framework. A randomised control and a quasi experimental study will be used for the impact evaluation. Policy makers will be continuously involved in the research project as a part of the project strategy to bridge the gap between health research and health policies.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Global knowledge on how health systems could be more responsive to the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents in Latin America provides support for sexual and reproductive health choices and for creating enabling environments and access to quality primary adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Latin America is faced with a general early onset of sexual activity among adolescents. Yet there has not been enough done to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancy. This has resulted in a multitude of societal problems. Governments of Latin American countries are calling for better strategies to effectively improve health conditions for adolescents.
A four-year study across three Latin American cities was conducted by the EU-funded 'Community-embedded reproductive health care for adolescents' (http://icrh.org/project/cerca-community-embedded-reproductive-health-care-adolescents-latin-america/ (CERCA)) project. The work aimed at improving knowledge on how health systems can be more responsive to the changing sexual en reproductive health needs of adolescents. Existing methodologies for intervention research and behavioural theories were combined and a comprehensive approach that integrated family, community and authority support was implemented.
As a result, both quantitative and qualitative evidence was gathered and a methodological model for developing, implementing and testing of health promoting strategies was designed. Data that was monitored indicated that the model could be applied for mobile phone messages for outreach, community intervention by trained adults as well as supply of adolescent friendly services in primary healthcare centres and schools.
The research has contributed to policy at the local level as well as to national and international strategies. New developed proposals based on the outcomes have resulted in scaling up interventions and funding for further research.