Accessing the uptake of youth friendly health services among the youth in Bulamu village, Kasangati Town Council.

Abstract

Accessing YFHS is crucial because the youth are the largest category of the population and yet they remain a major component of the labour force. Specifically for Uganda, the youth who form 77% of the population deserve better health provisions since any health hazard among the youth will definitely affect the general economic stand. This research on the uptake of YFHS was focussed at accessing the uptake of YFHS at Kasangati HC which is a general catchment for addressing health issues of people in the area. The purpose of this research was to identify the available YFHS, find out how they are offered and then understand the challenges presented while offering YFHS at the H.C. The key findings of this research were the available services for instance antenatal, family planning in terms where the nurses were friendly. Then the services are rendered through counselling which prevents the idea of compromised confidentiality. The major challenges in the uptake of YFHS related to harsh character and thus the unfriendly nature of some of the medical staff at the Health Centre. The absence of useful equipment like scan, the treatment to counter excessive bleeding. While there are attempts to offer YFHS at Kasangati Health Centre as was found above, the available services leave a lot to be desired given the fact that the youth who should take them on are not aware, the health practitioners need further training to master the dynamics of such a facility. Therefore, unless those in charge of offering health services release the urgency to offer to the youth health services in a more friendlier manner Uganda will continue to suffer economic and social setbacks since the key category of the population youth, will be suffering silently which will consequently affect not only the social but also the economic productivity of the country. Given the fact that the health practitioners as well as the youth who are the would be key consumers of the services are ignorant then let there be a deliberate creation on awareness about the important of the YFHS so as to boost the general health of the productive age (youth) and so the consequent in the improvement of the productivity of the economy