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Week 7 Chapter 4 Adolescent Sexual Risk Factors Predicting Codom -…
Week 7
Chapter 4
Adolescent Sexual Risk Factors Predicting Codom
Social and Behaviroal Sciences and Public Health
CHP 4
Social Justice: Implies a society provides fair treatment and fair share of rewards
Social Influences and Their Levels:
Individual Factors: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, personality traits
Social and Community Networks:
Interpersonal : family, friends, and peers who shape social identity, supportm and roles
Institutional/Organizational: rules and regulations of institutions which may limit or promote healthy behavior
Community: comprises foraml and informal social network norms, formed among groups
General Socioeconoic, Cultura, and Environmental Conditions
Influencing Behavior:
Shaping Norms
enforcing patterns or social control
providing oppurtunities to engage in healthy behaviors
Encouraging the selection of healthy behaviors as a coping strategy
Socieconomic Status
family income
Education level or family education level
Professional status or family status
Social Determinants of Health
1: Social Status
2: Social Support or Alienation
3: Food
4: Stress
5: Housing
6: Education
7: Work
8: Transportation
9: Place
10: Access to Health Services
Stages of Change: Adolescents were catergorized into three groups basd on condom use in three different stages
Precontemplation :
Contemplation
Preperation
Predictors of Progession: Progessors and Relaspesrs
Adolescents who are moving towards conssitnt condom use are known as progressors
Saw more advantages with condom use and engaged in condom communicatio with partnes, and had less of vulnerabilty to HIV
Adolescents who are moving away from consisten condom usage
saw less pros than cons to condom usage and started to cease communication of condoms with partners
Demographic and Behaviroal Findings
The consistent condom users were reported to find better peer norms around condom usage
The adolescents that reported themost inconsisten condom usage were females, non hetero sexuals, who often lived with a partner
Intervention Implications
Interventions should focus on:
1: Increasing precieved Pros of condom usage
2: Enhancing communication skills towrds condom use
3: Nurturing positive attitudes toward condom use