Social and Behavioral Correlates of Adolescent Sexual Experience and Intention to Use Condoms in Northwestern Botswana

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15511660
AutoresFrancis Barchi (0000-0003-0960-6423, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, autor correspondente), Helen Apps (Botswana Predator Conservation Trust), Oleosi Ntshebe (0000-0002-6010-0332, University of Botswana), Peggie Ramaphane (Botswana Predator Conservation Trust)
Ano2021
Volume18
Fascículo11
Páginas5583-5583
Data de publicação2021-05-24
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18115583
PMID34073683
OpenAlexW3164615255
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas27

Adolescent sexual behavior is shaped by individual, social, and structural factors that can increase HIV-risk, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. To inform the development of a comprehensive sexuality education program, 239 secondary school adolescents ages 14-19 in Maun, Botswana, completed a survey of sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in February-March 2020. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examined factors associated with sexual experience and perceived ability to insist on condoms. Approximately 21% of respondents reported having had sexual intercourse. More than half felt able to insist on condoms. Sources of information about human reproduction, alcohol use, attitudes about when sex is acceptable, and perceived sexual activity by one's peers were predictive of sexual experience. Age, confidence in correct condom use, perceived acceptability of adolescent sex with condoms, and endorsement of prevailing gender norms were significantly associated with perceived ability to insist on condom use

Condom · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Population · Reproductive health · Sexual behavior · Sexual intercourse · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology