Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Unmarried Young People in Cameroon: Another Look at Family Environment

Dimbuene, Zacharie Tsala; Defo, Barthélémy Kuate

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“…The need to involve parents as part of the comprehensive strategy for improving adolescents' health and development and prevention of HIV/AIDS has been advocated in previous research [4, 5]. This advocacy relies on the assumption that parents are knowledgeable enough to teach their children about sexual topics including HIV/AIDS.…”

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Parents Support Implementation of HIV Testing and Counseling at School: Cross-Sectional Study with Parents of Adolescent Attending High School in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Madiba

Mokgatle

2016

AIDS Research and Treatment

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Background. A formative assessment of the implementation of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) at school showed high acceptability and willingness to test among learners. However, the success of the proposed HTC depends on the support and acceptability of key stakeholders, including the parents. The aim of the study was to assess the opinions and acceptability of the implementation of HTC at school among parents of adolescents in high school. Methods. This was a cross-sectional household survey conducted with parents of adolescents attending high schools in educational districts in North West and Gauteng provinces, South Africa. Results. A total of 804 parents participated, and 548 (68.3%) were biological mothers, 85 (10.6%) were fathers, and the remaining were other relatives including grandmothers. Almost all (n = 742, 92.9%) parents were in support of implementation and provision of HTC at school, 701 (87.7%) would allow their children to be tested at school, 365 (46%) felt that parental consent was not needed to test at school, and 39.4% preferred to receive the HIV test results with their children. Conclusion. Parents accept the roll-out of an HTC program at school and have a role to play in supporting children who test positive for HIV.

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Parents Support Implementation of HIV Testing and Counseling at School: Cross-Sectional Study with Parents of Adolescent Attending High School in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Madiba

Mokgatle

2016

AIDS Research and Treatment

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“…Certain aspects of this topic, such as the prevalence and implications of age-disparate and transactional sexual relationships, have been the subjects of voluminous literature (e.g., Bajaj, 2009; Clark, Poulin, & Kohler, 2009; Luke, 2003; Moore, Biddlecom, & Zulu, 2007; Silberschmidt & Rasch, 2001; Wamoyi, Wight, Plummer, Mshana, & Ross, 2010). Others aspects, such as the influences of household composition and parental monitoring on adolescents’ sexual activity, have begun to receive some attention (e.g., Babalola, Tambashe, & Vondrasek, 2005; Dimbuene & Defo, 2011; Biddlecom, Awusabo-Asare, & Bankole, 2009; Kumi-Kyereme, Awusabo-Asare, Biddlecom, & Tanle, 2007; Puffer et al, 2011; Wamoyi, Fenwick, Urassa, Zaba, & Stones, 2011). …”

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Peer Influences on Sexual Activity among Adolescents in Ghana

Bingenheimer

Asante

Ahiadeke

2015

Studies in Family Planning

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Little is known about the influences of peers on the sexual activity of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Better understanding of these issues could lead to more effective interventions promoting sexual and reproductive health. Using two waves survey data from adolescents (n=1275) in two towns in southeastern Ghana, we examined age, gender, and community differences in peer group characteristics. We also examine prospective associations between peer group characteristics and self-reported sexual initiation, multiple partnerships, and lack of consistent condom use with most recent partner over a 20-month follow-up period. Gender differences in peer context variables were small. Affiliation with antisocial peers and perceived peer norms favoring sex increased the odds of transition to first sex. Having more friends increased the odds of accruing multiple new sexual partners among younger respondents. Among males, perceived peer norms favoring sex increased the odds of accruing multiple partners. No peer context variables were significantly associated with condom use with most recent partner. We discuss the implications of these findings for adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention strategies in sub-Saharan Africa.

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“…Future research should also address the appropriate operationalization of sexual risk taking. Our study, like previous studies in the field of HIV sexual risks among young people 19,20,33 , defined sexual risk taking by including non-use of condoms during sexual intercourse, which may not represent sexual risk taking in specific sexual relationship contexts.…”

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Material Deprivation Affects High Sexual Risk Behavior among Young People in Urban Slums, South Africa

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Young people in urban slums adopt HIV risk behaviors influenced by their neighborhood factors. Three critical factors in urban slums of Southern and Eastern Africa-the region most affected by the HIV epidemic in the world-are unmet needs of housing, food, and health care, which are associated with HIV sexual risks. Yet, there has been limited attention on how the combination of unmet needs of housing, food, and health care-i.e., material deprivation-relates to sexual risk behavior among young people in urban slums. Cross-sectional data were extracted from the LoveLife survey in South African four provinces-KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, and Gauteng, to examine the association between material deprivation and sexual risk behavior among young people aged 18-23 years (263 males, 267 females) in urban slums. Adjusted logistic regression models showed that material deprivation was significantly associated with increased odds of high sexual risk taking for young men (adjusted OR=1.20; 95 % CI=1.10, 5.58) and young women (adjusted OR=1.43; 95 % CI=1.35, 3.28). Financial difficulty-a proxy for other deprivations-was the most salient influence on young women's high sexual risk taking (adjusted OR=2.11; 95 % CI=1.66, 2.70). Localized behavioral HIV prevention interventions should target young people in deprived households.

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Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Unmarried Young People in Cameroon: Another Look at Family Environment

Cited by 30 publications

References 66 publications

Parents Support Implementation of HIV Testing and Counseling at School: Cross-Sectional Study with Parents of Adolescent Attending High School in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Parents Support Implementation of HIV Testing and Counseling at School: Cross-Sectional Study with Parents of Adolescent Attending High School in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Peer Influences on Sexual Activity among Adolescents in Ghana

Material Deprivation Affects High Sexual Risk Behavior among Young People in Urban Slums, South Africa

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