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Social Correlates of HIV-Risky Behaviours among African Canadian Adolescents Living in British Columbia, Canada : A Secondary Data Analysis Ojukwu, Emmanuela; Okoye, Helen Uche; Saewyc, Elizabeth Marie
Abstract
Studies have linked HIV-risky behaviours among young people to several socio-contextual factors. However, the social factors that might increase African Canadian adolescents’ exposure to HIV-risky behaviours, including unprotected sex and forced or multiple-sexual partnerships, have received little or no attention in the literature. Using data from the British Columbia Adolescent Health Surveys (2003–2018) and guided by intersectionality and socio-ecological frameworks, we examined the social determinants of HIV-risky behaviours (HRB) among African Canadian adolescents in British Columbia. We observed a general decline in HRB from 2008 to 2018. However, more than half (54.5%) of the 1042 who were sexually experienced in 2018 reported having 2 or more sexual partners, and nearly half reported condom-less sex. Our results demonstrate an important need to evaluate the impacts of several social factors on health outcomes for a unique, marginalized population.
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Social Correlates of HIV-Risky Behaviours among African Canadian Adolescents Living in British Columbia, Canada : A Secondary Data Analysis
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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2023-06-01
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Studies have linked HIV-risky behaviours among young people to several socio-contextual factors. However, the social factors that might increase African Canadian adolescents’ exposure to HIV-risky behaviours, including unprotected sex and forced or multiple-sexual partnerships, have received little or no attention in the literature. Using data from the British Columbia Adolescent Health Surveys (2003–2018) and guided by intersectionality and socio-ecological frameworks, we examined the social determinants of HIV-risky behaviours (HRB) among African Canadian adolescents in British Columbia. We observed a general decline in HRB from 2008 to 2018. However, more than half (54.5%) of the 1042 who were sexually experienced in 2018 reported having 2 or more sexual partners, and nearly half reported condom-less sex. Our results demonstrate an important need to evaluate the impacts of several social factors on health outcomes for a unique, marginalized population.
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eng
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2023-08-04
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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CC BY 4.0
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10.14288/1.0435080
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Ojukwu, E.N.; Okoye, H.U.; Saewyc, E. Social Correlates of HIV-Risky Behaviours among African Canadian Adolescents Living in British Columbia, Canada: A Secondary Data Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 6031
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10.3390/ijerph20116031
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Graduate
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CC BY 4.0