Condom Use and the Accuracy of AIDS Knowledge in Cote d'Ivoire

Abstract

The level of accuracy of AIDS knowledge did not predict the likelihood of recent condom use in this sample. Efforts to increase educational attainment in Côte d'Ivoire may be more effective in increasing condom use than a focus on improving the accuracy of AIDS knowledge.

HIV/AIDS and Sexual-Risk Behaviors among Adolescents: Factors Influencing the Use of Condoms in Burkina Faso

“…Although we were not able to include social environment, psychological, and cultural factors in our analysis, evidence from other studies suggest that socio-cultural factors are the most common barriers to obtaining male condoms among sexually-experienced adolescents in Burkina Faso. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] Strong cultural taboos are especially restrictive for sexually active women.…”

Condoms in sub-Saharan Africa

“…Large-scale survey research and multivariate analyses with populations aged 15-49 years using national and regional surveys from 14 countries in southern, eastern, western and middle Africa [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] uniformly support the conclusion that men, and those who are younger, have higher education, greater economic resources and are urban dwellers are more likely to be condom users. Smaller scale studies in Angola, 19 Kenya, 20,21 Zimbabwe, 22 Rwanda 23 and Cameroon 24 restricted to adolescent populations (15-19 years) obtain the same results with the exception that reported condom use increases with age.…”

“…Condoms are most often reported as used by those who have multiple partners, and in what are variously described as casual, one-time or occasional partnerships rather than repeated, relationship-based or marital sexual partnerships. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][52][53][54][55][56] In fact, Adetunji 110 found marital status to be the strongest predictor of condom use in his analysis of DHS data from Zimbabwe. The greater likelihood of condom use among those with multiple partners and in 'casual' relationships has been found across diverse forms of sexual partnering -among youth with no 'long-term' relationship in Ghana and South Africa, [52][53][54][55][56]111 among those who are married and have additional casual or multiple partnerships in studies in all regions of SSA, 79,82,[112][113][114] and among sex workers in South Africa 33,36 who have both regular and casual sexual partnerships.…”

“…Among youth (aged [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], peers are reported to exert pressure on each other to engage in sex and to forgo condom use in studies in Kenya, 74,81 Nigeria, 83 South Africa 63,75 and Uganda. 105 In South Africa, quantitative studies have demonstrated greater susceptibility to the role modelling and pressure exerted by peers among young men than women, 63 with masculine norms promoting sexual activity policed primarily by peer groups.…”

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Mode of Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Prevention among Youths in the North West Region of Cameroon

“…This is the principle of the AIDS risk reduction model [7]. UNAIDS reports that about 40% of males and 36% of females in 64 countries have accurate and comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS; However, this rate has fallen short of the intended target of 96%.…”