TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mbabazi, Scovia. G
AU  - Wamoyi Joyce
AU  - Bastein Sheri
AU  - Emeritus Arseni R. Semaana
TI  -  Knowledge, attitude and practice of multiple sexual partnerships among secondary school students in Kabarole District Uganda
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania:  
PB  - Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences CUHAS - Bugando
KW  -  
N2  - Abstract:

Background: Alongside inconsistent condom use and low rates of male circumcision, concurrent sexual partnerships have been suggested as driving the HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been assumed that involvement in unprotected sequential and concurrent sexual partnerships (SCPs) places people, particularly adolescents, at great risk of contracting other STIs and unplanned pregnancies with complication like. These may lead to unsafe abortions and ill health.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted in 10 randomly selected secondary schools in Kabarole district, Uganda. A quantitative self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the information from the respondents.

Results: The average age of the respondents was 16.3 years. The majority (63.5%) of the respondents had good knowledge on the risk of SCPs. However, there was no association between student’s knowledge, attitude and reporting of concurrency (P=0.446 and P-value=0.428). Both SCPs were uncommon among students (36.6 and 31.3% respectively). Male students, and those who reported living with male parents were more likely to report concurrent sexual partnerships (CPs) than the rest of the students (P=0.012, 0.014). Only 50% of the sexually active respondents reported condom use. Fourteen percent (17.2%) of the sexually active had experienced pregnancy (been pregnant or impregnated someone).

Conclusion: This study concludes that SCPs together with their associated risks, for example pregnancy, are common among secondary school students in Kabarole district. It therefore, important for the district health team to redesign school health programms by backing up students’ knowledge on the risks of those sexual partnerships with behavior change programs

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