Type | Journal Article - International Journal of Sexual Health |
Title | Psychosocial correlates of condom use intentions among Junior High School students in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana |
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2015 |
URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19317611.2015.1124162 |
Abstract | Objectives We explored socio-demographic, sexual experience, and psychosocial factors influencing condom use intentions of adolescents in Northern Ghana. Methods Based on social cognitive theories and previous empirical studies investigating condom use, a cross sectional survey was conducted among 2018 adolescents (M age = 15.8 ears) in Bolgatanga, Ghana. Correlations and multinomial logistic regressions were performed. Results Findings showed that attitudes towards condom availability, injunctive norms towards condom use, sex experience, perceived susceptibility towards STIs, and perceived behavioral control towards buying as well as using condoms differentiated between people with different levels of intentions to use condoms. Conclusions Implications for intervention development are discussed |
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