Using soccer to build confidence and increase HCT uptake among adolescent girls: a mixed-methods study of an HIV prevention programme in South Africa

Hershow, Rebecca B.; Gannett, Katherine; Merrill, Jamison; Kaufman, E B; Barkley, Chris; DeCelles, Jeff; Harrison, Abigail

doi:10.1080/17430437.2014.997586

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“…Several evidence-based methods to improve self-esteem among adolescents have been proposed including aerobic exercise, psychosocial therapy, lifestyle changes, cognitive and group therapy (Hasanpour, Tabatabaei, Alavi, & Zolaktaf, 2014; Hershow et al, 2015; Waite, McManus, & Shafran, 2012). A recent study found that incorporating soccer into HIV prevention programs for adolescent girls not only improved their knowledge of HIV and openness to HIV testing and counselling, but also improved their self-confidence, self-efficacy and self-esteem (Hershow et al, 2015). Improved social support can also be an effective was to improve self-esteem and health behaviors (Muhlenkamp & Sayles, 1986).…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of self esteem on risky sexual behaviors among Nigerian adolescents

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Although improved knowledge is often the first approach in HIV prevention for adolescents, studies have shown that despite being well informed, adolescents still engage in risky sexual behavior (RSB). Low self-esteem has been considered to be a psychological explanation for behavioral problems, but little is known about the impact of self-esteem on RSB among adolescents in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to determine whether adolescents with high self-esteem demonstrate lower RSB compared to those with low self-esteem. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 361 adolescents in nine secondary schools in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale was used to measure self-esteem and the Brief HIV Screener (BHS) was used to measure RSB. All data were analyzed using SPSS 21. Chi square and odds ratios (ORs) were calculated to determine differences in BHS questions based on predetermined low or high self-esteem categories. Independent t-test were utilized to determine difference in mean BHS scores based on self-esteem categories. Participants were 169 male (46.8%) and 192 female (53.2%) with a mean age of 16.9. Mean self-esteem score was 27.6 with no significant difference in self-esteem scores by gender. Adolescents with low self-esteem were 1.7 times more likely to be sexually active and had a higher mean BHS scores compared to adolescents with high self-esteem. Programs aimed at reducing RSB and in-turn HIV/AIDS should consider interventions to raise adolescents’ self-esteem.

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“…A number of studies in this area explore and question the positioning of girls as agents of social change vis-à-vis SGD interventions in relation to the Girl Effect, a campaign launched by the Nike Foundation in 2005 that situates girls (particularly in the global South) as agents of change and the new panaceas of development (e.g., [31]), or investigates the discourses that travel to different contexts through SGD, such as via the US State Department's Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative [32]. Recently, a Special Issue of Sport in Society explored a myriad of young women's experiences in SDP as the subjects of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies [33,34], CSR campaigns [35], or as participants looking for sporting role models [36]. Other works in this series deliberate the role of the family in influencing young women's choices to participate in SGD interventions [37], or observe the utility of soccer in building confidence and negotiating gender(ed) identities [38].…”

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“We Are Prisoners in Our Own Homes”: Connecting the Environment, Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights to Sport for Development and Peace in Nicaragua

Hayhurst

Centeno²

2019

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This paper draws on postcolonial feminist political ecology theory, feminist theories of violence and new materialist approaches to sport and physical cultural studies—combined with literature on the role of non-humans in international development—to unpack the connections between gender-based violence and the environment in sport, gender and development (SGD) programming in Nicaragua. To do this, postcolonial feminist participatory action research (PFPAR), including visual research methods such as photovoice, was used to better understand, and prioritize, young Nicaraguan women’s experiences of the environment and gender-based violence as they participated in an SGD program used to promote environmentalism and improve their sexual and reproductive health rights. To conclude, the importance of accounting for the broader physical environment in social and political forces was underlined as it shapes the lives of those on the receiving end of SGD interventions.

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“…Such an approach has been used in South Africa delivered through mobile services and at youth centres (54). Grassroots Soccer, a nongovernmental organisation, through their SKILLZ Street program for girls aged between 12 and 16 years in South Africa from 2011-2012 found that as part of their soccer based program 69% of girls had tested for HIV (55).…”

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confidence: 99%