Psychosocial correlates of condom use intentions among Junior High School students in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana

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
Author(s)
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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