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Sub-Saharan African University Students’ Beliefs about Condoms, Condom-use Intention, and Subsequent Condom Use: A Prospective Study

Authors: G. Anita Heeren, John B. Jemmott III, Andrew Mandeya, Joanne C. Tyler

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 2/2009

Abstract

Whether certain behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, and control beliefs predict the intention to use condoms and subsequent condom use was examined among 320 undergraduates at a university in South Africa who completed confidential questionnaires on two occasions separated by 3 months. Participants’ mean age was 23.4 years, 47.8% were women, 48.9% were South Africans, and 51.1% were from other sub-Saharan African countries. Multiple regression revealed that condom-use intention was predicted by hedonistic behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs regarding sexual partners and peers, and control beliefs regarding condom-use technical skill and impulse control. Logistic regression revealed that baseline condom-use intention predicted consistent condom use and condom use during most recent intercourse at 3-month follow-up. HIV/STI risk-reduction interventions for undergraduates in South Africa should target their condom-use hedonistic beliefs, normative beliefs regarding partners and peers, and control beliefs regarding technical skill and impulse control.

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Title: Sub-Saharan African University Students’ Beliefs about Condoms, Condom-use Intention, and Subsequent Condom Use: A Prospective Study
Authors: G. Anita Heeren
John B. Jemmott III
Andrew Mandeya
Joanne C. Tyler
Publication date: 01-04-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: AIDS and Behavior / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-008-9415-z

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