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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BMC Public Health, Volume 12, No. 1, Article 1061, Year 2012
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Background: The number of people newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been decreasing in sub-Saharan Africa, but prevalence of the infection remains unacceptably high among young people. Despite the alarming pervasiveness of the virus, young people in this region continue to engage in risky sexual behaviors including unprotected sexual intercourse. In developed countries, parents can play important roles in protecting young people from such behaviors, but evidence regarding the impact of parental involvement is still limited in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, we conducted this study to examine the magnitude of risky sexual behaviors and the association of parental monitoring and parental communication with condom use at last sexual intercourse among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methods. We conducted this cross-sectional study among 2,217 male and female students aged 15 to 24 years from 12 secondary schools in Dar es Salaam. From October to November 2011, we collected data using a self-administered questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association of parental monitoring and parental communication with condom use at last sexual intercourse, adjusting for potential confounders. Results: A total of 665 (30.3%) secondary school students reported being sexually active within the year prior to data collection. Among them, 41.7% had multiple sexual partners, 10.5% had concurrent sexual partners, and 41.1% did not use a condom at last sexual intercourse. A higher level of parental monitoring was associated with increased likelihood of condom use at last sexual intercourse among male students (AOR: 1.56, 95% CI: 1.05-2.32; p = 0.03) but not among female students (AOR: 1.54, 95% CI: 0.71-3.37; p = 0.28). The association between parental communication and condom use at last sexual intercourse among both male and female students was not statistically significant. Conclusions: A high level of parental monitoring is associated with more consistent condom use among male students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - many of whom have engaged in high-risk sexual behaviors such as multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and unprotected sexual intercourse in the past one year. Interventions should thus be strengthened to reduce multiple sexual partnerships, concurrent sexual partnerships, and to improve parental monitoring among such students toward increasing condom use. © 2012 Mlunde et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mlunde, Linda Beatrice
Japan, Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
Poudel, Krishna Chandra
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sunguya, Bruno Fokas
Japan, Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
Mbwambo, Jessie Kazeni Kilonzo
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Yasuoka, Junko
Japan, Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
Otsuka, Keiko
Japan, Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
Ubuguyu, Omary Said
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Jimba, Masamine
Japan, Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-12-1061
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Grounded Theory
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Male
Female