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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
Creator
Ojukwu, Emmanuela; Okoye, Helen Uche; Saewyc, Elizabeth Marie
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2023-06-01
Description
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.
Subject
African Canadian adolescents; HIV; risky behaviours; black youths; health disparity; social determinants of health; socio-ecological model
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-08-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0435080
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85400
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of
Citation
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
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ijerph20116031
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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