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Sexual And Reproductive Health Education For Boys In Kapchorwa, Uganda, Meredith Colleary
Sexual And Reproductive Health Education For Boys In Kapchorwa, Uganda, Meredith Colleary
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This study examines the systems by which adolescent boys receive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education in Kapchorwa, Uganda. Teenage pregnancy and early marriage are epidemics that hinder Uganda’s development. As girls have consistently been the targets of interventions, this study considers how boys are included in these strategies. The objectives of the study are three-‐fold: to research the ways that boys receive SRH education, to identify the successes and shortcomings of these education systems, and to seek ways for these systems to be improved.
The study was carried out over a six-‐week period in the spring of 2015. The …