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## Background In Kenya, unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal deaths in adolescent girls aged 15–19 years, and a majority did not use a modern contraceptive before becoming pregnant. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes related to abortion and contraceptive use among secondary school teachers and student peer-counsellors in a low-resource setting in western Kenya. ## Methods A mixed methods design, combining a questionnaire-survey and focus group discussions (FGDs), was utilised to explore attitudes to abortion and contraceptive use among teachers (__n__ = 15) and student peer-counsellors (__n__ = 21) at a secondary school in Kisumu, Kenya. First, two Likert scale questionnaires were used: a modified version of the Stigmatising Attitudes, Beliefs and Actions (SABA) scale and the Contraceptive Use Stigma (CUS) scale. Secondly, four FGDs were conducted. Descriptive statistics and Abductive Thematic Network Analysis (ATNA) were used to analyse the data. ## Results Overall, __Social judgments on abortion and contraceptive use__ were found among teachers and student peer-counsellors, with similar patterns between sexes. __Christian and cultural values;__ A majority,

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Author

Håkansson, Miranda; Super, Stephanie; Oguttu, Monica; Makenzius, Marlene

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2458)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)