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Direct linkPeter Kisaakye; Patricia Ndugga; Elizabeth Kwagala; Martin Kayitale Mbonye; Fred Ngabirano; Stephen Ojiambo Wandera – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Parent-child communication concerning sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has significant potential to reduce children's risky sexual behaviour. Despite these benefits, few parents communicate with their children about SRH issues in Uganda. Using multi-stage stratified sampling in a cross-sectional survey, we estimated the prevalence and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Foreign Countries, Birth
Byansi, William; Howell, Tyriesa Howard; Filiatreau, Lindsey M.; Nabunya, Proscovia; Kaiser, Nina; Kasson, Erin; Ssewamala, Fred M.; Cavazos-Rehg, Patricia – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Adolescent girls in Uganda have four-fold HIV infections than adolescent boys. Several barriers to accessing comprehensive sexual health education exist for adolescent girls in Uganda, including unequal, social, and economic statuses, limited access to education and health care services, discrimination, and violence. Objective: This…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Sexuality
Kreniske, Philip; Grilo, Stephanie; Nakyanjo, Neema; Nalugoda, Fred; Wolfe, Jason; Santelli, John S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
School enrollment, mobility, and occupation are each important factors to consider when examining HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection risk among youth in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an analysis of narrative life histories from 30 HIV-positive and 30 HIV-negative youth (aged 15-24 years), matched on gender, age, and village and purposively…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Personal Narratives, Risk, Attendance
Page, Randy M.; Hall, Cougar P. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: This study examines the relationship between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and indicators of psychosocial distress (mental health) of adolescents in 6 sub-Saharan African countries using the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). Methods: The sample consisted of 22,949 adolescents from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Drinking, Sexuality
Izugbara, Chimaraoke O.; Undie, Chi-Chi; Mudege, Netsayi N.; Ezeh, Alex C. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2009
There is limited research addressing the beliefs of adolescents related to Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT). This paper analyzes qualitative data on such beliefs elicited from male youth in Uganda and Malawi. Although study participants understood the mainstream public health rhetoric on VCT, much of their narratives framed going for HIV…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Youth
Mutonyi, Harriet; Nashon, Samson; Nielsen, Wendy S. – Research in Science Education, 2010
In Uganda, curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS has largely depended on public and private media messages about the disease. Media campaigns based on Uganda's cultural norms of communication are metaphorical, analogical and simile-like. The topic of HIV/AIDS has been introduced into the Senior Three (Grade 11) biology curriculum in Uganda. To what…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Student Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Prior Learning
