Husameddin Farouk Elshiekh

Biographic Data

ID386530
NAMEHusameddin Farouk Elshiekh
GIVEN NAMESHusameddin Farouk
FAMILY NAMEElshiekh
SIGNATUREELSHIEKH H F
AFFILIATIONSMaastricht University
ORCID0000-0002-0185-8653
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Psychosocial determinants of consistent condom use among university students in Sudan

    Open AccessHusameddin Farouk Elshiekh, Ciska Hoving et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Unprotected sex is common among university students in Sudan, thus increasing risks for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As little is known about the psychosocial determinants of consistent condom use among this population, this study was designed to identify them. The Integrated Change Model (ICM) was applied in a cross-sectional design to identify in 218 students (aged 18-25 years) from Khartoum which…

  • Psychosocial Determinants of Premarital Sexual Practices among University Students in Sudan

    Open AccessHusameddin Farouk Elshiekh, Ciska Hoving et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2022References: 3

    Sudan is one of the Islamic countries where extramarital sex is religiously forbidden and socially unacceptable. However, increasing numbers of university students become engaged in premarital sex practices, which increases their risk of contracting STIs, including HIV, and puts them into conflicts with their religious beliefs. As little is known about the motivations for abstinence from premarital sex, this study aimed to identify these psychoso…

  • Assessing sexual practices and beliefs among university students in Khartoum, Sudan; a qualitative study

    Open AccessHusameddin Farouk Elshiekh, Hein De Vries et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2021References: 55

    University students in Sudan are more at risk of contracting HIV than the general population, due to a high rate of sexual activity and low uptake of preventive measures such as condoms. Hence, they are considered an important target for HIV prevention programmes. This study explored students` beliefs about abstinence and pre-marital sex. Thirty semi-structured individual interviews were conducted, based on constructs from the Integrated Change (…

  • Exploring Determinants of Condom Use among University Students in Sudan

    Open AccessHusameddin Farouk Elshiekh, Ciska Hoving et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2020Cited by: 1References: 42

    Increasing numbers of university students in Sudan are at risk of contracting HIV because of their engagement in condomless sex. A comprehensive and culturally accepted condom promotion program could potentially reduce this threat substantially. However, little is known about the sociocognitive determinants of condom use in this population: information that is required to develop such HIV prevention programs. Therefore, in August 2014, we conduct…