Department of Public Health, Community Based Education and Research Services, Busitema University, Kampala, Uganda
Research Article
The Role of Parent/Parent-Figure-Teenager Communication on Sex and Contraceptive Use: A Case Study of Busia in Eastern Uganda
Author(s): Ivan Lyagoba, Edrine Waibi, Joan Namatovu, Walter Atwijukire, Irene Manakhe, Rebecca Nekaka and Julius Nteziyaremye*
Introduction: Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood that involves physiological, anatomical, and psychological and biochemical changes that influence natural experimentation, abstract thought, contemplating the future, empathy, and idealism. Therefore, parental investments in adolescents may be reflected in adulthood outcomes. Uganda has poor adolescent health indices such as national teenage prevalence rate of 25% and adolescent human immune virus rates between 11-18%. These threaten the national development plan III and sustainable development goals 1,3,4,5, and 8. We therefore aimed to study the influence of parent/parent-figure teenage communication and its influence on contraceptive use in Uganda. Materials and methods: A community based cross sectional descriptive study with mixed methods was used. We used researcher administered structured questionna.. View More»
