Understanding young men's sexual health and prospects for sexual behaviour change in rural Zambia

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Ndubani, Phillimon ^a   Bond, Virginia ^b   Liljeström, Rita ^c   Höjer, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; sexual behaviour; STI; young men; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZAMBIA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RISK; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 2342593361     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210164975     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Fylkesnes K., Musonda M.M., Sichone M., Ndhlovu Z., Tembo F., Monze Mwaka. Declining HIV prevalence and risk behaviours in Zambia: evidence from surveillance and population-based surveys. AIDS 2001; 15: 907-916.
2. Agha S. Decline in casual sex in Lusaka, Zambia: 1996 - 1999 [letter]. AIDS 2002; 16: 291-3.
3. Kilian A.H.D., Gregson S., Ndyanabangi B., Walusaga K., Kipp W., Sahlmuller G., et al. Reduction in risk behaviour provides the most consistent explanation for declining HIV-1 prevalence in Uganda. AIDS 1999; 13: 391-8.
4. Kamali A., Carpenter L.M., Whitworth G.J.A., Pool R., Ruberantwari A., Ojwiya A. Seven-year trands in HIV-1 infection rates, and changes in sexual behaviour, among adults in rural Uganda. AIDS 2000; 14: 427-434.
5. Ng'weshemi JZL, Ties Boerma J., Pool R., Barongo L., Senkoro K., Maswe M., Isingo R., et al. Changes in male sexual behaviour in response to the AIDS epidemic: evidence from a cohort study in urban Tanzania. AIDS 1996; 10: 1415-1420.
6. Panos/United Nations Theme Group on HIV/AIDS Men and HIV in Zambia. London: Panos and UNAIDS, 2000.
7. Nzioka C. Perspectives of adolescent boys on risks of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections: Kenya. Reproductive Health Matters 2001; 9: 108-117.
8. Sabo D., Gordon D.F. Rethinking men's health and illness. In: Sabo G, Gordon DF, editors. Men's health and illness: gender, power and the body. London: Sage Publications, 1995.
9. Courtenay W.H. Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health. Soc Sci Med 2000; 50: 1385-1401.
10. Ndubani P., Hojer B. Sexually behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases among young men in Zambia. Health Pol Plan 2001; 16: 107-112.
11. Central Board of Health/Ministry of Health. HIV/AIDS in Zambia: background, projections, impact and interventions. Lusaka: CBoH/MoH, 1999.
12. Mbizvo M.T., Basset M.T. Reproductive health and AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of increased male participation. Health Policy and Planning 1996; 11: 84-92.
13. Pachauri S. Male involvement in reproductive health care. J Indian Med Assoc 2001; 99: 138-141.
14. Singh K.K., Bloom S.S., Tsui A.O. Husbands’ reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in Uttar Pradesh, India. Studies Fam Plan 1998; 29: 388-399.
15. Ndubani P. Knowledge about and herbal treatment of sexually transmitted diseases among the Goba of Chiawa, Zambia. Centr Afr J Med 1997; 43: 283-7.
16. Venier J.L., Ross M.W., Akande A. HIV/AIDS-related social anxieties in adolescents in three African countries. Soc Sci Med 1998; 46: 313-320.
17. Ndubani P., Bond V., Liljestrom R., Hojer B. Young men's construction of male sexuality and implications for HIV/AIDS in Lusaka urban. Culture, Health and Sexuality, revised and re-submitted, 2001.
18. Central Statistical Office, Zambia. Sexual Behaviour Survey 1998. Chapel Hill, NC: Measure Evaluation, 1999.
19. White R., Cleland J., Carael M. Links between premarital sexual behaviour and extramarital intercourse: a multi-site analysis. AIDS 2000; 14: 2323-2331.
20. Baylies C. The impact of HIV on family size preference in Zambia. Reproductive Health Matters 2000; 8: 77-85.
21. Yamba C.B. Cosmologies in turmoil: witchcraft and AIDS in Chiawa. Africa 1997; 67: 200-223.
22. Campbell C. Migrancy, masculine identities and Aids. The psychosocial context of HIV transmission on the South African Gold Mines. Soc Sci Med 1997; 45: 273-281.
23. Morrison C., Sunkutu M.R., Musaba E., Glover L.H. Sexually transmitted diseases among married Zambian women: the role of male and female sexual behaviour in prevention and management. Genitourin Med 1997; 73: 555-7.
24. Lagarde M., Carael M., Glynn J.R., Kanhonou L., Abega S.C., Kahindo M., et al. Educational level is associated with condom use within non-spousal partnerships in four cities of sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS 2001; 15: 1399-1480.
25. MacPhail C., Campbell C. ‘ I think condoms are good but, aai, I hate those things’: condom use among adolescents and young people in a Southern African township. Soc Sci Med 2000; 52: 1613-1627.
26. Bond V., Dover P. Men, women and the trouble with condoms: problems associated with condom use by migrant workers in rural Zambia. Health Transitional Review 1997; Suppl. 7: 377-391.
27. Gausset Q. AIDS and cultural practices in Africa: the case of the Tonga (Zambia). Soc Sci Med 2001; 52: 509-518.