Risk factors of inconsistent condom use among sexually active youths: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus and sexual risk behaviours in Malawi
| dc.contributor.author | Chialepeh, Wilson N | |
| dc.contributor.author | Susuman, Sathiya A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-05T09:47:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-05T09:47:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the risk associated with inconsistent use of condoms as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections (HIV/STIs) and sexual risk behaviours. The Malawi Demographic Health Survey 2010 data were used. Out of a sample of 2987 males and 9559 females aged 15–24 years, 511 males and 675 females were filtered in the present study. A Chi square test and logistic regression techniques were performed. About 147(28.7%) males and 240(35.6%) females reported inconsistent condom use. The likelihood of inconsistent condom use was higher among females with secondary/higher education (odds ratio’s (OR)=1.46), with more than one partner (OR=4.27), and married males (OR=8.76), with more than one sex partner (OR=1.78).There is a need to raise condom use awareness and improve sexual education about consistent condom use, especially among females, in order to curb the spread of HIV/STIs and reduce sexual risk behaviours. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chialepeh, W. N., & Susuman, A. S. (2017).Risk factors of inconsistent condom use among sexually active youths: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus and sexual risk behaviours in Malawi . Journal of Asian and African Studies, 52(4), 484–496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909615595992 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1745-2538 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909615595992 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6483 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SAGE | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexually active youths | en_US |
| dc.subject | Inconsistent condom use | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexually risky behaviour | en_US |
| dc.subject | Human immunodeficiency virus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malawi | en_US |
| dc.title | Risk factors of inconsistent condom use among sexually active youths: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus and sexual risk behaviours in Malawi | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |