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Social Correlates of HIV-Risky Behaviours among African Canadian Adolescents Living in British Columbia, Canada: A Secondary Data Analysis

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  • Emmanuela Nneamaka Ojukwu

    (School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada)

  • Helen Uche Okoye

    (School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada)

  • Elizabeth Saewyc

    (School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada)

Abstract

Studies have linked HIV-risky behaviours among young people to several socio-contextual factors. However, the social factors that might increase African Canadian adolescents’ exposure to HIV-risky behaviours, including unprotected sex and forced or multiple-sexual partnerships, have received little or no attention in the literature. Using data from the British Columbia Adolescent Health Surveys (2003–2018) and guided by intersectionality and socio-ecological frameworks, we examined the social determinants of HIV-risky behaviours (HRB) among African Canadian adolescents in British Columbia. We observed a general decline in HRB from 2008 to 2018. However, more than half (54.5%) of the 1042 who were sexually experienced in 2018 reported having 2 or more sexual partners, and nearly half reported condom-less sex. Our results demonstrate an important need to evaluate the impacts of several social factors on health outcomes for a unique, marginalized population.

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  • Emmanuela Nneamaka Ojukwu & Helen Uche Okoye & Elizabeth Saewyc, 2023. "Social Correlates of HIV-Risky Behaviours among African Canadian Adolescents Living in British Columbia, Canada: A Secondary Data Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(11), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:11:p:6031-:d:1162207
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