Contraceptive literacy among school-going adolescents in Botswana.

Aim: To examine adolescent contraceptive literacy and condom knowledge in Botswana.

Background: In Botswana, adolescent HIV infection rates remain high and unintended pregnancies are the predominant reason girls drop out of school. Despite a national mandate for comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly health services, access to accurate sexual and reproductive health information for adolescents remains limited.

Social and Behavioral Correlates of Adolescent Sexual Experience and Intention to Use Condoms in Northwestern Botswana.

Adolescent sexual behavior is shaped by individual, social, and structural factors that can increase HIV-risk, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. To inform the development of a comprehensive sexuality education program, 239 secondary school adolescents ages 14-19 in Maun, Botswana, completed a survey of sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in February-March 2020. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examined factors associated with sexual experience and perceived ability to insist on condoms.

Household composition and child health in Botswana.

Background: There is a general lack of research on children's household experiences and child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study examines the relationship between household composition, stunting and diarrhoea prevalence among children younger than 5 years of age in Botswana.

Methods: The analysis uses data from the 2007 Botswana Family Health Survey (BFHS) and multilevel logistic regression models.

Contraceptive decisions and HIV/AIDS concerns among married couples in Malawi.

This study investigates current contraceptive use among Malawi couples. The data examined are from the 2001 Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP). The aim of the study is to explore whether contraceptive use among married couples is affected by the couple's concerns about HIV/AIDS and couple's age difference.