TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of condom use among heterosexual young men and women in southeastern Ghana
T2 - a mediation analysis
AU - Teye-Kwadjo, Enoch
AU - Kagee, Ashraf
AU - Swart, Hermann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - Sexual risk behaviour among young people raises public health concerns in Ghana. This study aimed to determine the predictors of condom use among heterosexual young people in the eastern region of Ghana, using a health behaviour theory–the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Participants completed a questionnaire battery assessing attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, intentions and condom use behaviour. Structural equation modelling procedures were used to analyse the data. Attitudes towards condom use and perceived behavioural control over condom use were significantly positively associated with the intention to use condoms. Intention to use condoms predicted condom use behaviour. Moreover, intention to use condoms mediated the attitude–behaviour relationship, and the perceived control–behaviour relationship. These results highlight the importance of using behavioural beliefs, perceived control beliefs and behavioural intention as key variables in condom promotion programmes among in-school heterosexual youth in the eastern region of Ghana.
AB - Sexual risk behaviour among young people raises public health concerns in Ghana. This study aimed to determine the predictors of condom use among heterosexual young people in the eastern region of Ghana, using a health behaviour theory–the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Participants completed a questionnaire battery assessing attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, intentions and condom use behaviour. Structural equation modelling procedures were used to analyse the data. Attitudes towards condom use and perceived behavioural control over condom use were significantly positively associated with the intention to use condoms. Intention to use condoms predicted condom use behaviour. Moreover, intention to use condoms mediated the attitude–behaviour relationship, and the perceived control–behaviour relationship. These results highlight the importance of using behavioural beliefs, perceived control beliefs and behavioural intention as key variables in condom promotion programmes among in-school heterosexual youth in the eastern region of Ghana.
KW - Adolescent sexual health
KW - condoms
KW - mediation analysis
KW - sexual risk behaviour
KW - structural equation model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031819176&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19419899.2017.1391870
DO - 10.1080/19419899.2017.1391870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031819176
SN - 1941-9899
VL - 8
SP - 291
EP - 305
JO - Psychology and Sexuality
JF - Psychology and Sexuality
IS - 4
ER -