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Cognitive and behavioural determinants of multiple sexual partnerships and condom use in South Africa: Results of a national survey. [PDF]

South Afr J HIV Med, 2019
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risky behaviours including multiple sexual partnership (MSP) and non-condom use (nCU) are known to be drivers of the spread of HIV; cognitive factors including perceived susceptibility of HIV, self-efficacy and attitudes play a significant role in influencing risky sexual behaviours.We sought to investigate personal ...
Manjengwa PG, Mangold K, Musekiwa A, Kuonza LR.   +3 more
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Determinants of multiple sexual partnerships in South Africa [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2014
This paper aims to examine determinants of multiple sexual partnerships (MSPs) among South African men and women using a nationally representative sample.Quantitative and qualitative data from a 2008 population-based cross-sectional survey were used.
Dorina, Onoya, Khangelani, Zuma, Nompumelelo, Zungu, Olive, Shisana, Vuyelwa, Mehlomakhulu   +4 more
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Multiple sexual partnership among school-going adolescents in Benin: a population-based study of prevalence and predictors

Discover Social Science and Health, 2023
Aim The study investigated the prevalence and determinants of multiple sexual partnerships among school-going adolescents. Methods A secondary analysis of data from the 2016 Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) was conducted to determine the ...
Newton Isaac Gbordzoe, Paul Obeng, Mary Aku Ogum, Mustapha Amoadu, Jacob Owusu Sarfo, John Elvis Hagan Jnr.   +5 more
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Associations of social media and health content use with sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in South Africa

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
Increasing rates of mobile phone access present potential new opportunities and risks for adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health in resource-poor settings.
Boladé Hamed Banougnin, Elona Toska, Brendan Maughan-Brown, William Rudgard, Lucas Hertzog, Janina Jochim, Alice Armstrong, Lucie Cluver   +7 more
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Multiple Sexual Partnerships in a Sample of African-American Crack Smokers [PDF]

AIDS and Behavior, 2007
The sample for this study consisted of 692 sexually active African-American crack cocaine users living in Houston, TX who reported more than one sexual partner in the previous 30 days. Participants were asked to describe each of their two most recent partners from a list of eight choices: spouse/like a spouse/lover; close friend/friend/acquaintance ...
John S, Atkinson, Mark L, Williams, Sandra C, Timpson, Lena Nilsson, Schönnesson   +3 more
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Multiple sexual partnerships among female adolescents in rural Uganda: the effects of family structure and school attendance. [PDF]

Int J Adolesc Med Health, 2015
Abstract Background: A better understanding is needed of the contextual factors that influence HIV risk behaviors among female adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of this study were to assess the influence of family structure on lifetime sexual partners and on the number of sexual
Pilgrim NA, Ahmed S, Gray RH, Sekasanvu J, Lutalo T, Nalugoda F, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Father Involvement and Young, Rural African American Men's Engagement in Substance Misuse and Multiple Sexual Partnerships. [PDF]

Am J Community Psychol, 2015
AbstractThis study was designed to examine the associations of biological father and social father involvement during childhood with African American young men’s development and engagement in risk behaviors. With a sample of 505 young men living in the rural South of the United States, a dual mediation model was tested in which retrospective reports of
Barton AW, Kogan SM, Cho J, Brown GL.
europepmc   +4 more sources

The sexual behaviour of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: patterns and trends from national surveys. [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sexual and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly 15- to 19-year-olds. METHODS:  Using DHS/AIS data (2000-2010), nine indicators of adolescent behaviour and one of adult attitudes towards ...
Plummer, Mary L, Doyle, Aoife M, Mavedzenge, Sue Napierala, Ross, David A   +3 more
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Multiple sexual partnership among adolescent boys and young men in Ghana: analysis of the 2003–2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2022
Background Multiple sexual partnership (MSP) is a major cause of HIV/AIDS epidemic and unplanned pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigate how individual, household, interpersonal, community and structural factors correlate with multiple sexual ...
Isaac Yeboah, Joshua Okyere, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Ronald Osei Mensah, Pascal Agbadi, Mary Naana Essiaw   +5 more
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Patterns and predictors of multiple sexual partnerships among newly arrived Latino migrant men. [PDF]

AIDS Behav, 2013
Multiple sexual partnerships (MSP), both concurrent and serial short gap, are thought to increase the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition and transmission. In this study we evaluate potential individual and environmental risk factors for engaging in MSP in a cohort of newly arrived Latino migrant men (LMM) in New Orleans ...
Althoff MD, Anderson-Smits C, Kovacs S, Salinas O, Hembling J, Schmidt N, Kissinger P.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources