Policy Briefs

Dual Method Use Among Young People in Kenya

8 September 2021

Young people represent a diverse population with unique family planning needs and practices. These practices include use of contraceptive methods to prevent both unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV; this is often referred to as ‘dual method use.’ The most common approach for dual method use is a barrier contraceptive method (e.g., condoms) plus another contraceptive method to prevent pregnancy (e.g., pills, injections or a long-acting method). Understanding dual method use experiences among young people in Kenya will help policymakers and program implementers ensure young people in their communities have access to a full range of contraceptive methods that satisfy all of their reproductive health needs.

In 2018, the Full Access, Full Choice project convened key family planning stakeholders, from the NGO and government sectors, for technical workshops to identify key evidence gaps in adolescent and youth family planning research. Full Access, Full Choice undertook qualitative in-depth interviews with 32 women ages 18-24 years in Mombasa, Nairobi, and Migori, to better understand their contraceptive journey and respond to these evidence gaps.

This brief provides information from these counties related to dual method use, alongside quantitative data from various large-scale surveys in Kenya, including the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (2014) and the Kenya Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (KENPHIA) (2018).

FAFC_Kenya_Dual-Method-Use_Sept-2021.pdf

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