Freedom Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Adolescents and Young Adults of Haut-Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire: A Study of Stakeholder Opinion
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Abstract
In recent years, the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults (ages 10–24) in Africa has improved through national and international initiatives. However, major challenges remain in enabling young people to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHRs), especially in Côte d’Ivoire. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of stakeholders on the freedom of choice of adolescents and young adults with regard to SRHRs in Haut-Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire. We conducted this qualitative descriptive study between September and October 2023. Participants were selected using a purposive sampling method. Overall, 137 stakeholders participated in the study: 57 teachers and administrators, 17 community leaders, and 63 parents. Data were collected through interviews and focus groups, using an interview guide. Through a deductive thematic approach, we identified three forms of freedom of choice: conditional, absent, and absolute. The average age of the study participants was 46.1 years. The findings reveal that several factors influence the freedom of choice among adolescents and young adults regarding their SRHRs. These include age, gender, parental involvement, prior education, autonomy, and perceived maturity. Limited freedom was commonly associated with younger age (10–18 years), perceived immaturity, and a lack of autonomy. In contrast, greater freedom was linked to older age (18–24 years) and higher levels of perceived maturity. Stakeholders’ perspectives were shaped by cultural and religious norms, a protective attitude toward youth, and a sense of disengagement from adolescent concerns. This study underscores the importance of interventions aimed at increasing stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".