An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorJohn-Langba, Johannesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTitus, Raylene Rozitaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-23T12:47:24Z
dc.date.available2017-08-23T12:47:24Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMigrant health has become a critical issue in current HIV intervention discourses as this particular cohort has an increased vulnerability to HIV infection. The purpose of this study is to explore socio-cultural determinants influencing condom use intentions and behaviour of young migrant youth residing in Cape Town South Africa. This qualitative study employed purposive and snowballing sampling techniques to explore with migrant youth their intentions and behaviour towards condoms use within their socio-cultural contexts. The interviews were in-depth open ended questions and conducted in English. The sample were drawn from 20 single respondents from Sub-Saharan Africa, notably from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, Kenya and Malawi. The mean age was 23 years with a range of 20 years to 25 years, the gender distribution was even with 10 males and 10 females. The research findings indicate that young migrants have a good understanding of the functions of condoms and the positive preventative tool it is for pregnancy prevention and sexually transmitted disease prevention. However the use of condoms, even when freely available, is a contested issue as socio cultural influences have an impact on the intentions and behaviour towards condom use among young migrant youth. Findings indicated that traditional norms on sexual behaviour prohibits young migrants to freely discuss safer sexual options and methods of safer contraceptive choices. Traditional gendered norms in sexual relationships and gendered expectations of condom use are current issues that migrant youth are grappling with. The nexus between socio-cultural norms and safer sexual choices such as condoms use places young migrants' at-risk cohort as they are currently outside of the realms of socio-cultural contexts, with higher education expectations and delay of marriage customs. As the results cannot be generalised to the entire migrant youth population due to the small sample size of only 20 young migrants' narratives, the need for further research on a larger sample might provide more insight into current realities of transitioning young migrants who lives outside of the boundaries of current socio-cultural paradigms.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTitus, R. R. (2017). <i>An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24925en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTitus, Raylene Rozita. <i>"An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24925en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTitus, R. 2017. An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Titus, Raylene Rozita AB - Migrant health has become a critical issue in current HIV intervention discourses as this particular cohort has an increased vulnerability to HIV infection. The purpose of this study is to explore socio-cultural determinants influencing condom use intentions and behaviour of young migrant youth residing in Cape Town South Africa. This qualitative study employed purposive and snowballing sampling techniques to explore with migrant youth their intentions and behaviour towards condoms use within their socio-cultural contexts. The interviews were in-depth open ended questions and conducted in English. The sample were drawn from 20 single respondents from Sub-Saharan Africa, notably from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, Kenya and Malawi. The mean age was 23 years with a range of 20 years to 25 years, the gender distribution was even with 10 males and 10 females. The research findings indicate that young migrants have a good understanding of the functions of condoms and the positive preventative tool it is for pregnancy prevention and sexually transmitted disease prevention. However the use of condoms, even when freely available, is a contested issue as socio cultural influences have an impact on the intentions and behaviour towards condom use among young migrant youth. Findings indicated that traditional norms on sexual behaviour prohibits young migrants to freely discuss safer sexual options and methods of safer contraceptive choices. Traditional gendered norms in sexual relationships and gendered expectations of condom use are current issues that migrant youth are grappling with. The nexus between socio-cultural norms and safer sexual choices such as condoms use places young migrants' at-risk cohort as they are currently outside of the realms of socio-cultural contexts, with higher education expectations and delay of marriage customs. As the results cannot be generalised to the entire migrant youth population due to the small sample size of only 20 young migrants' narratives, the need for further research on a larger sample might provide more insight into current realities of transitioning young migrants who lives outside of the boundaries of current socio-cultural paradigms. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa TI - An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24925 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24925
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTitus RR. An exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24925en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Developmenten_ZA
dc.titleAn exploration of the socio-cultural factors influencing condom use intentions and behaviours of migrant youth in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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