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NCCR North-South funded project: Reproductive Resilience in Ghana⁄Tanzania
Third-party funded project
Project title NCCR North-South funded project: Reproductive Resilience in Ghana⁄Tanzania
Principal Investigator(s) Obrist van Eeuwijk, Brigit
Co-Investigator(s) Tanner, Marcel
Ahorlu, Collins
Pfeiffer, Constanze Dorothee
Project Members Sambaiga, Richard
Organisation / Research unit Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Medizinethnologie (Obrist),
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) / Medical Anthropology (Obrist)
Project Website http://www.socialresilience.ch/reproductive-resilience/
Project start 01.01.2009
Probable end 30.06.2013
Status Completed
Abstract

More than half of the world population is less than 25 years old. Adolescents hold the key to the future

of the nation, however, they face multiple and complex challenges. A key concern is their sexual and

reproductive health (SRH). Adolescent pregnancy exposes young women to medical, social and

economic risks. In 2007, a new research agenda for sexual and reproductive health research in lowincome

and middle-income countries with a particular focus on adolescents was launched by the World

Health Organization. This agenda highlights, that a better understanding is needed about what

sexuality, gender, family and having children means, not only for academic purposes but to guide young

women and men towards responsible parenthood.

Building on these findings the proposed study aims at identifying and understanding supportive

environments for youth. In this context the project looks at how adolescents in a particular locality deal

with reproductive health challenges, and in which ways the interplay between adolescents and social

actors (family members, peers, and community members etc.), institutions (initiation rites, religious

movements etc.) and organizations (international and national interventions and projects etc.)

contributes to resilience building processes and supports adolescents’ scopes of decision-making and

action. A strength based approach has been neglected up to now in public health, social development

and social science literature because most research has been guided by a deficit approach emphasizing

risk and vulnerability. Resilience thinking provides researchers a competences and strengths driven way

of thinking about populations at risk.

In order to allow for a comparison between West and East Africa, urban and rural areas, the project is

active in Tanzania (Dar es Salaam and Mtwara Region) and Ghana (Accra and Fanteakwa District).

Using quantitative, qualitative and participatory methods we target adolescents (15-19 yrs.) to learn

about their demographic background, capacities, and social connections. The findings will provide an

evidence basis for the development of improved, appropriate and effective services and interventions in

the context of adolescent reproductive health.

Keywords adolescent health, teenage pregnancy, social resilience, urban health, sexuality
Financed by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Foundations and Associations
University of Basel
Follow-up project of 65373 From Social Vulnerability to Resilience

Published results ()

  ID Autor(en) Titel ISSN / ISBN Erschienen in Art der Publikation
1021934  Pfeiffer, Constanze  Jugendliche sind nicht das Problem sondern die Lösung      Publication: NewsItemPrint (Artikel in einer Tages, Wochen- oder Monatszeitschrift) 
1021948  Pfeiffer, Constanze; Sambaiga, Richard; Lehmann, Joel  Voices of youth about teenage pregnancy in Tanzania      Publication: NewsItemEmission (Radio - Fernsehbeiträge) 
   

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