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TI Promoting safer sexual practices among young adults: a survey of health
workers in Moshi Rural District, Tanzania.
DT 9604
AU Ngomuo ET; Klepp KI; Rise J; Mnyika KS; Centre for International
Health/Research Centre for Health; Promotion, University of Bergen,
Norway.
SO AIDS Care. 1995;7(4):501-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96119356
AB As part of the national effort to prevent further spread of HIV/AIDS,
rural health workers in Tanzania are asked to promote safer sex
practices among the sexually active population. We conducted a survey
among health workers in Moshi Rural District, Kilimanjaro, designed to
assess their attitudes, perceived norms and self-efficacy with respect
to the promotion of safer sexual practices among young adults 15-35
years old. Health workers at all private and governmental health
facilities were included (n = 342; participation rate of 68.4%). We
observed relatively strong associations between the frequency and
quality of reported counselling behaviour and perceived norms, attitudes
and self-efficacy (standardized regression coefficients (beta) of 0.329,
0.252 and 0.159 respectively). In addition, exposure to behaviour change
strategies during formal training and marital status of the health
workers were associated with counselling behaviour (beta of 0.133 and
0.118 respectively). Overall, these factors accounted for 40.8% of the
observed variance in reported counselling behaviour. It is recommended
that continued education for health workers focus on providing normative
support for promoting safer sex, provide information which may help
foster positive attitudes and teach practical counselling skills to
further increase the self-efficacy regarding counselling young people.
DE Adult *Attitude of Health Personnel Female Health Personnel/EDUCATION
Health Promotion/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Male Middle Age Psychological Theory
Regression Analysis *Rural Health *Sex Behavior Social Conformity
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Tanzania JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).