Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda

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ID11035953
AutoresFred M Ssewamala (0000-0002-4849-5650, Fred M. Ssewamala, Leyla Ismayilova, and Elizabeth Sperber are with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Chang-Keun Han is with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Torsten B. Neilands is with the University of California, San Francisco, CA.), Chang-Keun Han (0000-0001-5375-8411, Fred M. Ssewamala, Leyla Ismayilova, and Elizabeth Sperber are with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Chang-Keun Han is with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Torsten B. Neilands is with the University of California, San Francisco, CA.), Chang‐keun Han (Issues Research), Torsten B Neilands (0000-0001-7936-9123, Fred M. Ssewamala, Leyla Ismayilova, and Elizabeth Sperber are with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Chang-Keun Han is with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Torsten B. Neilands is with the University of California, San Francisco, CA.), Leyla Ismayilova (0000-0002-0027-4824, Fred M. Ssewamala, Leyla Ismayilova, and Elizabeth Sperber are with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Chang-Keun Han is with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Torsten B. Neilands is with the University of California, San Francisco, CA.), Elizabeth Sperber (0000-0002-4717-5110, Fred M. Ssewamala, Leyla Ismayilova, and Elizabeth Sperber are with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Chang-Keun Han is with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Torsten B. Neilands is with the University of California, San Francisco, CA.)
Año2010
Volumen100
Número3
Páginas483-488
Fecha de publicación2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2008.158840
PMID20075323
PMCIDPMC2820050
OpenAlexW2066118243
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas63
Referencias citadas41

Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and support services for school-going orphaned adolescents (counseling and school supplies) provided to both treatment and control groups. Adolescents in the treatment condition were compared with adolescents in the control condition at baseline and at 10 months after the intervention. Results. After control for sociodemographic factors, child-caregiver/parental communication, and peer pressure, adolescents in the economic intervention group reported a significant reduction in sexual risk-taking intentions compared with adolescents in the control condition. Conclusions. The findings indicate that in Uganda, a country devastated by poverty and disease (including HIV/AIDS), having access to economic assets plays an important role in influencing adolescents' sexual risk-taking intentions. These findings have implications for the care and support of orphaned adolescents, especially in poor African countries devastated by poverty and sexually transmitted diseases

Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling) · Mentorship · Peer pressure · Poverty · Psychiatry · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology