Traditional sex counselling and STI/HIV prevention among young women in rural Uganda.
Traditional sex counselling and STI/HIV prevention among young women in rural Uganda.
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10.1080/13691050152484768
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2001-01-01
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Whitworth, J.
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Muyinda, H.;Kengeya, J.;Whitworth, J.
This study examined the potential of traditional ways of passing on sexual knowledge from adult to younger women (the senga institution) among the Baganda of central Uganda, as a potential tool for STI/HIV prevention today. Traditional and contemporary forms of the institution were studied, and their strengths and weaknesses were assessed [date not given]. Data were collected by trained female interviewers using qualitative research methods: 132 in-depth interviews were conducted with 60 adult women (aged >35 years), 30 in-school and 30 out-of-school girls (aged 13-19 years), and 7 female and 5 male opinion leaders. The senga institution comprises 4 components: social responsibility, moral authority, appropriate knowledge and a suitable socioeconomic environment. Although senga practices have been weakened and the way in which they are viewed by adolescent girls and the community in general has changed, the institution can still be exploited to develop more culturally appropriate forms of sex education for girls, particularly out-of-school girls and adolescent mothers.
