Family support as a mediator of change in sexual risk-taking attitudes among orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prior studies demonstrated the effect of family-based economic empowerment intervention Suubi on reducing attitudes approving sexual risk-taking behavior among orphaned adolescents in Uganda. To understand mechanisms of change, the article examines the effect of Suubi intervention on family support variables and their role in mediating the change in adolescents' attitudes toward sexual risk-taking.

Methods

The Suubi study used a cluster-randomized experimental design with three waves, and included 283 orphaned adolescents from 15 primary schools in Rakai, Uganda. First, using mixed-effects models, the study tested for the effect of intervention on family support variables. Second, using mediation analysis, the study examined whether the change in sexual risk-taking a

SUBMITTER: Ismayilova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3279703 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature