Knowledge, attitude and practice study of HIV in female adolescents presenting for contraceptive services in a rural health district in the north-east of Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorNtumba, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorScott, Vera
dc.contributor.authorIgumbor, Ehimario U.
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-24T12:18:24Z
dc.date.available2013-01-24T12:18:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractBackground: Namibia bears a large burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and the youth are disproportionately affected. Objectives: To explore the current knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of female adolescents attending family planning to HIV prevention. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used on a sample 251 unmarried female adolescents aged from 13 years to 19 years accessing primary care services for contraception using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analysed using Epi Info 2002. Crude associations were assessed using cross-tabulations of knowledge, attitude and behaviour scores against demographic variables. Chi-square tests and odds ratios were used to assess associations from the cross-tabulations. All p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: A quarter of sexually active teenagers attending the family-planning services did not have adequate knowledge of HIV prevention strategies. Less than a quarter (23.9%) always used a condom. Most respondents (83.3%) started sexual intercourse when older than 16 years, but only 38.6% used a condom at their sexual debut. The older the girls were at sexual debut, the more likely they were to use a condom for the event (8% did so at age 13 years and 100% at age 19 years). Conclusions: Knowledge of condom use as an HIV prevention strategy did not translate into consistent condom use. One alternate approach in family-planning facilities may be to encourage condom use as a dual protection method. Delayed onset of sexual activity and consistent use of condoms should be encouraged amongst schoolchildren, in the school setting.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationNtumba A, Scott V, Igumbor, E. (2012). Knowledge, attitude and practice study of HIV in female adolescents presenting for contraceptive services in a rural health district in the north-east of Namibia. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 4(1), Art. #342, 7 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2930
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/515
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_US
dc.rights© 2012, the Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v4i1.342
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectFemale adolescentsen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectHIV preventionen_US
dc.subjectFamily planning servicesen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and practice study of HIV in female adolescents presenting for contraceptive services in a rural health district in the north-east of Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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