The cross-sectional study investigated South African rural high school learners' choice of
sexual abstinence in order to be able to develop tailored health education messages. All …

Among strategies to prevent HIV, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted
pregnancies, are programs that promote sexual abstinence among adolescents. However …

Background Young people are becoming increasingly exposed to the risk of HIV infection.
According to the 2008 HIV/Syphilis sentinel survey in Nigeria, 3.3% of young people aged …

Abstinence is often promoted in HIV-prevention programmes for adolescents, but little is
known about the factors that influence adolescents' intentions to abstain from sex until …

Two of the most effective health behaviours with regard to HIV prevention are condom use
and sexual abstinence. While determinants of condom use among sub-Saharan African …

A school health education programme in primary schools aimed at AIDS prevention in Soroti
district of Uganda emphasized improved access to information, improved peer interaction …

The success of any type of sexual education programme depends on the knowledge and
preparedness for practice by adolescents. A recent study has found that an 'abstinence …

Introduction: As young people living with HIV grow their sexual behaviour and it's implication
on HIV prevention is of concern. This study describes the sexual risk related-behaviours and …

This paper presents the results of a 2001 sample survey and uses an ideation model to
identify the factors affecting primary sexual abstinence and condom use among Rwandan …

Uganda has been hailed for combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic from an 18% prevalence in
1992 to only 6.1%. However, it rose to 6.4% in 2004/5. Northern Uganda, which faced …