Abstract
In this article, the attitudes, needs and priorities of adolescents in family planning, as articulated by them during focus group discussions, are presented. Findings indicate that: (a) Ugandan adolescents face numerous barriers to accessing family planning information and services; (b) they hold an alarming number of misconceptions about modern contraceptives; (c) they lack reliable, trusted and non-judgemental sources of information, privacy and confidentiality during family planning counselling, and (d) they don't know about contraceptive services available from the community-based distributors. Suggestions are provided on how community-based distributors could improve their outreach to adolescents and provide youth-friendly family planning services.
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