Determinants of condom use intentions among university students in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorSakeah, James Kotuah
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences
dc.contributor.supervisorHarrowing, Jean N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-14T20:11:54Z
dc.date.available2017-03-14T20:11:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis descriptive correlational study was conducted to gain an understanding of how attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, self-efficacy, moral norms, role beliefs, perceived risk, and past condom use influenced condom use intentions among a group of 580 undergraduate students in Ghana. An extended version of the theory of planned behaviour guided the study. The results showed that students had moderate intentions to use condoms in their sexual encounters. Only 46% of all sexually active participants used condoms in their last sexual encounter. The extended version of the theory of planned behaviour explained 56% of the variance in the intention to use a condom during every sexual encounter among participants. In order of decreasing importance, perceived behavioural control, moral norms, attitudes, and past behaviour emerged as significant independent predictors of condom use intention. Implications for health promotion, theory, and research includes addressing the psychosocial factors associated with condom use.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4795
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0573en_US
dc.proquest.subject0500en_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectcondom useen_US
dc.subjectintentionsen_US
dc.subjectsub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjecttheory of planned behaviouren_US
dc.subjectuniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectyoung peopleen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of condom use intentions among university students in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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