Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis.

Background: Research examining young people's healthcare-seeking behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa has largely focused on university or out-of-school youth who are sexually active and/or HIV-positive. Healthcare-seeking behavior in younger adolescents has been less well studied even though it is during secondary school years that the majority of adolescents become sexually active. There is limited evidence to guide strategies that schools, health facilities, and social service agencies use to encourage adolescents to utilize sexual and reproductive health resources prior to sexual debut.