The Role of Condom Use Self-Efficacy on Intended and Actual Condom Use Among University Students in Ghana
The Role of Condom Use Self-Efficacy on Intended and Actual Condom Use Among University Students in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1007/s10900-015-0073-6
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Doku, Paul N.
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作者：
Asante, Kwaku Oppong;Osafo, Joseph;Doku, Paul N.
Little attention has been paid to the dimensions that help to predict and understand condom use among university students within an African context. A cross-sectional study involving 518 university students in Accra, Ghana was conducted to determine how the Condom Use self-Efficacy Scale-Ghana (CUSES-G) can predict both actual condom use and future condom use. Of all the participants, 84 % were sexually active but less than half of the sample (48 %) reported to have used condom during their last sexual intercourse. A hierarchical regression analysis showed that components of the Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (CUESE-G) such as appropriation, assertiveness, pleasure and intoxication, and STDs predicted condom use and condom use intentions. Behavioural change campaigns targeting university students should encourage condom use self-efficacy, as this would strengthen condom use, which is economically cheap and practically effective means of preventing STIs including HIV.
