Role of religion and religious leaders on adolescent and youth contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Niger

This study provides a cross-cultural qualitative perspective of the influence of religion and religious leaders on adolescent/youth FP decision-making and access to and use of a range of FP methods. Data were collected in two cities from Burkina Faso, Niger, and Kenya. It includes collection of in-depth interviews with religious leaders on their perceptions about adolescent and youth contraceptive use and their ideas on how to engage them in adolescent/youth FP programming. In-depth interviews are also included from adolescent and youth contraceptive users and in one country, Burkina Faso, we also included focus group discussions with adolescent contraceptive users.