Does correct knowledge about HIV and AIDS lead to safer sexual behaviour? The case of young people in Botswana

Letamo, Gobopamang

doi:10.11564/25-1-266

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“…Young people may be knowledgeable about the importance of using a condom consistently or practice safe sex. Unsafe sexual behaviour may be practiced by young people because of circumstances that dictate unsafe sexual behaviour [41]. This dictates that young people should develop life skills to make informed choices about safe sex.…”

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“…Other studies on condom use in Botswana focused on awareness, knowledge and practices in relation to condom use among university students [34] [35] [36] and attitudes towards condom use for prevention of HIV infection in Botswana [37]. In some studies carried out in Botswana, the temporal relationships between predictors and condom use have been obscured by the inclusion of condom use variables in the determination of risky sexual behaviour indices [38] [39] [40] [41]. The need to inform sexual and reproductive interventions on factors associated with condom use among adolescents is thus critical as little is known on what influences adolescent condom use in Botswana.…”

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Demographic, Socio-Economic and Psychosocial Determinants of Current and Consistent Condom Use among Adolescents in Botswana

Ngome¹

2016

WJA

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Background: To facilitate effective program designs aimed at assisting youth avoid unnecessary negative reproductive health outcomes, there is need to understand determinants of condom use among adolescents. Objectives: To determine demographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors associated with adolescent condom use in Botswana. Methods: Logistic regression models were employed to analyse a weighted sample of 221 adolescents aged 15 to 19 years from the 2012 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey who had a sexual relationship during the 12 months preceding the survey. Results: A majority of adolescents were current and consistent condom users (81% and 72% respectively). Both current and consistent condom use were positively associated with secondary or higher education, unemployed, high perception of severity of HIV to health and high self-efficacy perception. However, being female, non-Christian, having medium or comprehensive HIV/AIDS related knowledge and high perceived personal risk to HIV infection were negatively associated with both outcomes. Although being 18 to 19 years, having multiple sexual partners and high perception of condom attributes were positively associated with current condom use, they were negatively associated with consistent use. Conclusions: The study showed that in addition to demographic and socioeconomic factors, psychosocial factors are important predictors for condom use among adolescents.

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Demographic, Socio-Economic and Psychosocial Determinants of Current and Consistent Condom Use among Adolescents in Botswana

Ngome¹

2016

WJA

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“…Given the progressive innovations and advancements in ICTs and increased access to online media and the rising levels of media literacy among young people nowadays, with higher programme appeals and the growing popularity of the local Kannywood movies, or Hausa home video in Northern Nigeria (Larkin, 2004), there appears a case for the reassessment of adolescents' ICT-media exposure particularly as it affects their HIV/ AIDS KAP. Several studies in the past investigated relationships among HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) variables (e.g., Tung et al, 2008;Bekalu & Eggrmon, 2013;Letamo, 2011: Li et al, 2009Moore, 2008) and found relationships among these variables. These studies suggested correlations among the HIV/AIDS KAP variables and that respondents' major sources of information about HIV/AIDS are the media, especially online media.…”

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ICT-Media Exposure and HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Adolescent Almajiri Pupils in the North-East of Nigeria: A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Conceptual Review

2019

NMMC

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The importance of information and communication technology-related media awareness in health communication cannot be overemphasized. Perhaps the importance of ICT in health communication may not be well grasped without the prior understanding of the central position information and communication occupy within the health communication matrix. Over the last three and a half decades, HIV/AIDS pandemic has been one of the topical public health issues in Sub-Sharan Africa, especially in Nigeria. The application of ICT in combatting the scourge in the country needs no further emphasis especially because Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa and the second nation with the highest population of HIV infected people in the world. Adolescence, literacy, media awareness and other social issues have been identified as significant factors aiding the spread of the scourge. Despite the progresses made in research in this area, issues regarding ICT-related HIV/AIDS media awareness among almajiri pupils in the country, particularly in the North-East region where the population of almajiris is the highest, has received little research attention. This paper proposes a conceptual framework designed on a mixed method approach for adoption in exploring the HIV/AIDS ICT-media awareness based on the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) analysis. The paper is expected to provide a strong conceptual underpinning toward an empirical investigation of this problem, with the aim of assessing the relevance of ICT in combatting the scourge among one of the most vulnerable groups in the society.

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“…In Zimbabwe, as in many other southern African states under patriarchal conditions, where cultural norms and turbulent social malaise have effects for gender relations, understanding and addressing adolescent sexuality is of vital importance in light of young women's increased vulnerability to early childbearing, HIV, and gender/sexual violence (Bhana, 2018;Masvawure, 2010). Understanding how adolescents make meaning of sexuality is urgent, at a time when studies suggest that adolescent awareness of and information about sexually risky practices does not necessarily translate into safe sex (Bruce et al, 2011;Letamo, 2011;Nubed & Akoachere, 2016). The national HIV prevalence rate in Zimbabwe is 14% in both urban and rural parts of the country though prevalence is higher among women (17%) compared to men (14%) (Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency [ZIMSTAT], 2015).…”

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Humhandara and hujaya: Virginity, Culture, and Gender Inequalities Among Adolescents in Zimbabwe

Matswetu

Bhana

2018

SAGE Open

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Given the significance of gender and cultural norms in producing meanings about sexuality, we address the ways in which rural adolescents in Zimbabwe, aged between 16 and 19 years old, give meaning to virginity and the social processes through which it is produced. We are interested in the ways in which cultural norms are produced and ways in which sexual double standards operate in producing sexuality and girls' subordination. We argue that while adolescents are not simply dupes of cultural norms, they actively invest in and use virginity as a marker of status. Integral to adolescent experience of and ideals around virginity, there is a significant ambivalence where girls' virginity is expected, whereas the same is unexpected for young adolescent men. We show that conformity with, rather than resistance to, cultural norms may contradictorily and simultaneously subordinate and empower young women. Choosing to maintain virginity can be seen as an autonomous decision especially when girls position educational aspirations as key to virginity status in order to gain some control over their lives. However, this choice might not simply be about autonomy but occurs in a cultural context where patriarchal values had already made it an obligation. Dominant discourses around virginity and cultural norms stand in direct contradiction to adolescent sexual well-being, albeit with contradictions. Attention to cultural processes through which relations of power are manifest is important in safeguarding young people's sexual health especially in the context of HIV.

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Does correct knowledge about HIV and AIDS lead to safer sexual behaviour? The case of young people in Botswana

Abstract: This article investigates the extent to which acquired correct knowledge about HIV and AIDS prevention and

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Demographic, Socio-Economic and Psychosocial Determinants of Current and Consistent Condom Use among Adolescents in Botswana

Demographic, Socio-Economic and Psychosocial Determinants of Current and Consistent Condom Use among Adolescents in Botswana

ICT-Media Exposure and HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Adolescent Almajiri Pupils in the North-East of Nigeria: A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Conceptual Review

Humhandara and hujaya: Virginity, Culture, and Gender Inequalities Among Adolescents in Zimbabwe

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