Journal article
South African Fathers Involvement and Their Adolescents' Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol Consumption
AIDS and behavior, v 25(9), pp 2793-2800
01 Sep 2021
PMID: 34076813
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Abstract
Although considerable research has examined the influence of parent-adolescent relationships on the sexual health of adolescents, there is a great need for research to understand the influence of fathers on their children's HIV sexual risk behavior, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined how the residence and the involvement of fathers are related to their children's HIV sexual risk and alcohol consumption behaviors. A cross-sectional survey was completed by 175 sixth-grade adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Analyses showed that adolescents living with their fathers had fewer sexual partners (B = - 0.606, SE = 0.299, p = .043) and consumed alcohol less frequently (B = - 0.642, SE = 0.294, p = .029). Adolescents who spent more quality days with their fathers in the past 30 days had fewer sexual partners (B = - 0.103, SE = 0.039, p = .008) and had condomless sex less frequently (B = - 0.097, SE = 0.047, p = 0.041). It was also found that there were significant father-residence x child-gender interactions on sexual debut (B = 1.132, SE = 0.564, p = .045) and on frequency of condomless sex (B = - 2.140, SE = 0.924, p = .021). These interactions indicate that boys living with their fathers were less likely to have had vaginal intercourse than girls and that girls living with their fathers were less likely to have unprotected sex than boys. This study highlights the importance of South African fathers' roles in their adolescent children's HIV sexual risk and alcohol drinking behaviors and the need to promote father-child relationships for adolescent health. The results suggest that health programs aiming to reduce South African adolescents' HIV sexual risk behaviors and alcohol consumption consider strategies that target their fathers.
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- Title
- South African Fathers Involvement and Their Adolescents' Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol Consumption
- Creators
- Soojong Kim - Annenberg Center for CommunicationJohn B. Jemmott - Annenberg School for Communication and the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USALarry D. Icard - Temple UniversityJingwen Zhang - University of California, DavisLoretta S. Jemmott - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- AIDS and behavior, v 25(9), pp 2793-2800
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 5R01 MH06587-02 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000657334900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85107393655
- Other Identifier
- 991019168211904721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical