Determinants of condom use intentions of university students in Ghana: an application of the theory of reasoned action

Bosompra, Kwadwo

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00213-6

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“…For instance, other authors have found that social influence was a significant factor of behavioral intention (Bosompra, 2001;Smith & Biddle, 1999). In addition, Sorensen et al (1998) documented that social network influences were significantly associated with mammography intention in the women's community.…”

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Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Ahmadian¹,

Samah²,

Redzuan³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Mammography utilization is low in Iran compared with other countries. Here a cross-sectional survey design was used to investigate psycho-social and individual factors associated with mammography among 400 women asymptomatic of breast cancer. The study was carried out at the four outpatient clinics of Tehran during the period from July through October, 2009. We found that mammography screening was related to higher selfefficacy and women's occupation. Future tailored interventions on potential psycho-social determinants and specific demographic factors are critical in increasing mammography screening rates among Iranian women.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Ahmadian¹,

Samah²,

Redzuan³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Attitude is defined as the degree to which a person forms positive or negative feelings and appraisals about engaging in a certain behavior [29]. Many previous studies have also demonstrated that attitude affects intention to use including smoking, drinking, health services utilization, exercise, condom use, and HIV/STD-prevention behaviors [46,[61][62][63][64]. In addition, the attitude towards a game is important [29,[34][35][36].…”

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Replacing Self-Efficacy in Physical Activity: Unconscious Intervention of the AR Game, Pokémon GO

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Abstract:With increases in aging and chronic disease, there have been efforts to apply IT to healthcare. Many studies show that the will to exercise (self-efficacy) is the most important factor contributing to physical activity. However, those who need exercise do not have this will so that an approach to increase the motivation for physical activity should be unconscious. Thus, playing Pokémon GO, an augmented reality (AR) mobile game requiring players to ambulate in reality, increases the physical activity of individuals with a simple motivation of enjoyment. A survey on 237 Pokémon GO players was analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) considering libertarian paternalism. The results show that self-efficacy had a non-significant effect on attitude toward the game Pokémon GO, while previous studies found that self-efficacy is the most important factor in increasing physical activity. This indicates that playing AR drives physical activity, subconsciously and effectively.

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“…Self-and instrumental efficacy, beliefs that favour condom use, and supportive peer norms are positively correlated with condom use. 21,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67] Although it is widely acknowledged that the perception that one is susceptible to an STI such as HIV is necessary to motivate preventive action, perception of susceptibility to HIV infection has produced mixed and what appear to be contradictory, influences on condom use. 24,63,[66][67][68] Difficulties in establishing time ordering in the predominantly cross-sectional samples and acknowledgement that perceptions of susceptibility and condom use form a reciprocal relationship of influence have been used to explain these contradictions.…”

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“…Condoms are most often reported as used by those who have multiple partners, and in what are variously described as casual, one-time or occasional partnerships rather than repeated, relationship-based or marital sexual partnerships. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][52][53][54][55][56] In fact, Adetunji 110 found marital status to be the strongest predictor of condom use in his analysis of DHS data from Zimbabwe. The greater likelihood of condom use among those with multiple partners and in 'casual' relationships has been found across diverse forms of sexual partnering -among youth with no 'long-term' relationship in Ghana and South Africa, [52][53][54][55][56]111 among those who are married and have additional casual or multiple partnerships in studies in all regions of SSA, 79,82,[112][113][114] and among sex workers in South Africa 33,36 who have both regular and casual sexual partnerships.…”

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Condoms in sub-Saharan Africa

Maticka‐Tyndale¹

2012

Sex. Health

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Abstract. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world's highest rates of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs), yet numerous studies show that condom use is generally rare. This suggests a need for a better understanding of how condoms fit within sexual practices and relationships in SSA. This paper seeks to address this need by reviewing research published between the late 1980s and 2011 on use and factors influencing use of male condoms in SSA. What is evident from this research is that condom use involves complex social and interpersonal dynamics, with structural and cultural conditions exerting an influence through framing social cognitions and setting boundaries on autonomy that make the apparently irrational choice of eschewing condoms a rational decision. The influences of poverty; relationships with parents, peers and partners; limited, insufficient or absent information especially in rural areas and among men who have sex with men; gender and sexual norms, and the dynamics of gendered power; and beliefs and attitudes about HIV, condoms and sexuality all have been shown to work against condom use for a large proportion of Africa's people. However, promising results are shown in trends towards increased condom use among single women in numerous countries, increasing acceptance and use of condoms among some university students, successes in producing potentially sustainable condom use resulting from select interventions, and resistance to succumbing to the dominant gender-power dynamics and structural-cultural impediments that women in groups have mobilised.

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Determinants of condom use intentions of university students in Ghana: an application of the theory of reasoned action

Cited by 98 publications

References 28 publications

Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Replacing Self-Efficacy in Physical Activity: Unconscious Intervention of the AR Game, Pokémon GO

Condoms in sub-Saharan Africa

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