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Trial reportJMIR public health and surveillance2022

Support for Texting-Based Condom Negotiation Among Forcibly Displaced Adolescents in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda: Cross-sectional Validation of the Condom Use Negotiated Experiences Through Technology Scale.

Moses Okumu, Carmen H Logie, David Ansong, Simon Mwima, Robert Hakiza, Peter A Newman

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Moses OkumuSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2555-3077
Carmen H LogieFactor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8035-433X
David AnsongSchool of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4624-3337
Simon MwimaSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-2026
Robert HakizaYoung African Refugees for Integral Development, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-7857-9436
Peter A NewmanFactor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0444-5915

Funding

Strengthening Child Health Research Capacity in Resource Constrained Settings: Researcher Resilience Training (RRT)R25MH118935 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SEAN JOE, Mary McKernan McKay · 2018 to 2026
$1.5M
CIHRNIMH NIH HHS R25 MH118935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPromoting sexual health among forcibly displaced adolescents is a global public health priority. Digital sexual communication strategies (eg, sexting) may increase adolescents' confidence in discussing sexual health issues and negotiating condom use. However, limited evidence exists describing validated measures for text-based condom negotiation in the literature.

objectiveThis study helps fill this gap by adapting and examining the psychometric properties of a condom use experience through technology (condom use negotiated experiences through technology [CuNET]) scale.

methodsUsing peer network sampling, 242 forcibly displaced adolescents (aged 16-19 years) living in Kampala's slums were recruited for participation between January and March 2018. A subscale (embarrassment to negotiate condom use) of the Multidimensional Condom Attitudes Scale was adapted to incorporate sexting, yielding CuNET. Participants were randomly assigned to calibration and validation subsamples to conduct exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to establish and validate the scale. CuNET measured participants' support levels for texting-based condom negotiation via sexting based on gender, and multivariable logistic regression was used to explore its associations with sexual health outcomes (recent consistent condom use, access to sexual and reproductive health services, and lifetime sexually transmitted infection testing).

resultsThe one-factor CuNET with the validation sample was valid (χ

conclusionsThe unidimensional CuNET scale is valid and reliable for forcibly displaced adolescents living in slums in Kampala, gender-sensitive, and relevant for predicting consistent condom use among urban displaced and refugee adolescents. Further development of this scale will enable a better understanding of how adolescents use digital tools for condom negotiation.

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Sexually Transmitted DiseasesText MessagingAdolescentAdultCondomsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansNegotiatingPoverty AreasReproducibility of ResultsTechnologyUgandaYoung Adultcondom negotiationdigital sexual communicationgenderHIV preventionrefugee and displaced adolescentssexting

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PMID35384852
PMCPMC9021939

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