Artículos de revistas
Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa
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2012Registro en:
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, v. 9, pp. 489-498, NOV 15, 2012
1742-4755
10.1186/1742-4755-9-29
Autor
Tavares, Carlos Mendes
Schor, Néia
Valenti, Vitor E
Kanikadan, Paula Yuri Sugishita
Abreu, Luiz Carlos de
Institución
Resumen
Objective: To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% obtained from logistic regression, considering the association between condom use and socio-demographic, sexual and reproductive variables. Results: The prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse was 94.9%. Factors associated with condom use at last sexual relationship were: non-Catholic religion (OR=0.68, 95%CI: 0.52; 0.88) and affective-sexual partnership before the interview (OR=5.15, 95%CI: 1.79; 14.80). Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse of adolescents.