Theory of Planned Behaviour and Intention to Use Condoms among Adolescents in Low-Resource Setting
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Condoms use is a unique method of contraception. It prevents both unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Unplanned pregnancy is a public health issue with clinical, economic, social, and psychological consequences, especially among adolescents. The effects of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS are diverse affecting reproductive health, and fertility, and are a stigma in society. The theory of planned behaviour is a theoretical framework that can be used to study the intention of condom use. it gives the relationship between major domains attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control with the intention. This study aimed to assess the intention to use condoms among adolescents in Pre-degree campus OAU Ile-Ife, using the theory of planned behaviour. METHODS: This study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design using a two-stage sampling technique among 360 adolescents in the Pre-degree campus Moro, Ile-Ife. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection; the chi-square test and binary regression were done. RESULTS: Eighty-four percent (84%) of the respondents were yet to attain coitarche. Sixty-four (64%) of the respondents had no intention to use condoms. Only few (13%) consistently use condom. Respondents attitude (OR=1.81, 95%CI=1.05-3.13, p=0.033), and perceived behavioural control (OR=3.26, 95%CI=1.89-5.63, p=0.001) were predictors of intention to use condom. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that there is a relationship between domains of theory of planned behaviour and intention to use condom. There is need for development of health education intervention programs that focus on adolescents attitude and perceived behavioural to promote safer sexual practices.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.007 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".