| Autor: |
Christina J, Sun, Esther S, Seloilwe, Mabel, Magowe, Kefalotse, Dithole, Janet S St, Lawrence |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
AIDS Education and Prevention. 34:325-332 |
| ISSN: |
0899-9546 |
| DOI: |
10.1521/aeap.2022.34.4.325 |
| Popis: |
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health response has disrupted the lives of adolescents and their families worldwide. We evaluated the impact of the pandemic on attitudes, beliefs, and sexual risk behavior among adolescents in Botswana. Participants were recruited using household-based sampling across residential districts (blocks) in and around Gaborone, Botswana, and completed surveys on laptop computers at a private, central location. We compared baseline survey data from 380 adolescents who completed the survey pre-pandemic (n = 139) to those who completed the survey intra-pandemic (n = 241). Participants had a mean age of 15.2 years; 58.6% were girls and 41.4% were boys. Intra-pandemic, participants reported greater engagement in transactional sex (38.1% compared to 13.6% pre-pandemic, p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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