Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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20/05/2014
20/05/2014
15/11/2012
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Resumo |
Objective: To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents.Methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% obtained from logistic regression, considering the association between condom use and socio-demographic, sexual and reproductive variables.Results: The prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse was 94.9%. Factors associated with condom use at last sexual relationship were: non-Catholic religion (OR=0.68, 95%CI: 0.52; 0.88) and affective-sexual partnership before the interview (OR=5.15, 95%CI: 1.79; 14.80).Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse of adolescents. |
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6 |
Identificador |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-9-29 Reproductive Health. London: Biomed Central Ltd., v. 9, p. 6, 2012. 1742-4755 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/42480 10.1186/1742-4755-9-29 WOS:000313507800001 WOS000313507800001.pdf |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Biomed Central Ltd. |
Relação |
Reproductive Health |
Direitos |
openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #Adolescent health #Condom #Condom use #Sexual and reproductive health #Cape Verde #West Africa |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article |