Background There is scanty evidence regarding the impact of parenting practices on young
people's sexual risk-taking in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, the extent to which such …

Most studies of the association between family structure and risky sexual behaviour among
adolescents and young adults have employed a risk perspective which assumes that …

Background Emerging findings have shown that high parental monitoring of adolescents'
sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communications between parents and adolescents …

Côte d'Ivoire is the country worst affected by the HIV epidemic in West Africa, and young
people in this country are a particularly vulnerable group. This study examined the relation …

B ackground Parent-child communication about sexual issues can reduce risky sexual
behaviour amongst adolescents. Risky sexual behaviour is of concern in sub-Saharan Africa …

Background While parents are a crucial part of the social environment in which adolescents
live, learn and earn, they could play important roles in efforts to prevent adolescent sexual …

The increasing rate of risky behaviours among the East African adolescents has greater
burden to the adolescent, family and the society. Young women in this region are exposed to …

METHODS: Data were collected in 2004 in nationally representative surveys of 12-1 9-year-
olds in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. Bivariate analysis compared gender …

Background Young people aged 10–24 years represent one-third of the Ghanaian
population. Many are sexually active and are at considerable risk of negative health …

Context: Increases in levels of awareness of HIV and greater knowledge about its
transmission and prevention have not always been associated with decreases in risky …