Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA
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J Natl Black Nurses Assoc · Jul 2006
Risky sexual behaviors of adolescents in rural Malawi: evidence from focus groups.
Little is known about rural Malawian adolescents' perceptions of their sexual behavior and what would constitute an effective HIV risk-reduction program. This study explored the perceptions of Malawain adolescents using qualitative description research with focus groups. ⋯ For example, parental involvement and support for sexual abstinence were among the issues discussed. It is essential that HIV risk-reduction programs create ways of involving parents and of enhancing adolescents' HIV risk-reduction skills by helping them to change peer norms and to develop negotiation and assertiveness skills to in order to resist peer pressure.