Parent–child communication on sexual and reproductive health in border districts of Eastern Uganda
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Date
2022
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Sex Education
Abstract
Parent-child communication concerning sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) has significant potential to reduce children’s risky
sexual behaviour. Despite these benefits, few parents communicate
with their children about SRH issues in Uganda. Using multistage
stratified sampling in a cross-sectional survey, we estimated
the prevalence and investigated the factors that were associated
with recent parent-child communication among 600 children (10-
17 years) in border districts of Uganda (Busia and Tororo). Results
indicated that 61% of children reported to having received parentchild
communication on SRH. Communication was more likely to
happen among children living in urban areas (OR=4.88; 95%
CI=1.79-13.33), boys (OR=1.84; 95% CI=1.13-3.00), those aged 15-
19 years (OR=2.59; 95% CI=1.51-4.46) and among children from
households that owned a mobile phone (OR=2.11; 95% CI=1.05-
4.21) than their counterparts. Parent-child communication was
also higher among children who were comfortable discussing
SRH issues (OR=27.12; 95% CI=16.02-45.89) and children from
Tororo district (OR=2.34; 95% CI=1.36-4.01). The findings provide
a rich understanding of the factors associated with Parent-child
communication in the border districts of Uganda. These results
provide a basis for policy enactment or revision regarding the
encouragement of parent-child communication about SRH in
Uganda.
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Parent–child communication, sexual and reproductive health, Border districts
Citation
Peter Kisaakye, Patricia Ndugga, Elizabeth Kwagala, Martin Kayitale Mbonye, Fred Ngabirano & Stephen Ojiambo Wandera (2022): Parent–child communication on sexual and reproductive health in border districts of Eastern Uganda, Sex Education, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2022.2135500