“I Wish They Would Have a Class for Parents About Talking to Their Kids About Sex”: College Women’s Parent–child Sexual Communication Reflections and Desires

Kuborn, Sarah; Markham, Melinda Stafford; Astle, Shelby

doi:10.1007/s13178-022-00723-w

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“…Unfortunately, in our study, more than half of participants indicated finding it difficult to discuss sexuality with parents. This is concerning as previous studies with AYA in other countries (41)(42)(43)(44)(45) have shown that talking about sexuality with parents is related to more preventive sexual behaviour and safer sexual practices.…”

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Determinants of preventive sexual behaviours among first year university students in Beira city, central Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Zango,

Stutterheim,

de Vries

et al. 2024

Reprod Health

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Background Understanding determinants of preventive sexual behaviours is important for intervention efforts to support these behaviours and, thereby, reduce STIs and HIV burden. In general, there is limited insight into determinants of preventive behaviours among university students in Mozambique. Therefore, this study set out to assess both the prevalence and the determinants of condom use and voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) service use in first year university students. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in May–September 2021, at the Universidade Católica de Moçambique and the Universidade Licungo, in Beira central Mozambique. We collected data on sociodemographic characteristics, heterosexual relationship experiences and personal determinants posited to be associated with condom use and VCT service use. We included 819 participants, who were selected using a clustered and random sampling design. We used Pearson's chi-square test to compare proportion and estimate the crude odd ratio as the effect size measure at 95% confidence interval, and Confidence Interval-Based Estimation of Relevance to determine correlation coefficients of means and the behaviours of interest at 95% confidence interval. Results Condoms were used by 96.1% of male participants and 95.0% of female participants. Additionally, 55.1% of male participants and 57.5% of female participants had previously used VCT services. Condom use was associated with discussing sexuality with mother, and self-efficacy for condom use negotiation, and negatively associated with attitudes that condoms reduce pleasure. VCT service use was associated with discussing sexuality with mother, sexual debut, having a sexual partner, and being in what they consider an important heterosexual relationship. Knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy and subjective norms were weakly associated with VCT service use. Conclusion In first year university students in Mozambique, reported condom use was high but VCT services were only used by about half of the participants. Interventions aiming to increase VCT service use should focus on improving communication between parents and their adolescent or young adult children, providing personalized risk information, demonstrating that VCT service use is pleasant and non-judgmental, improving users’ confidence to schedule a visit, and preparing users for possible positive testing results.

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