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Parental Control And Monitoring Of Young People's Sexual Behaviour In Rural North-Western Tanzania: Implications For Sexual And Reproductive Health Interventions, Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, William Stones
Parental Control And Monitoring Of Young People's Sexual Behaviour In Rural North-Western Tanzania: Implications For Sexual And Reproductive Health Interventions, Joyce Wamoyi, Angela Fenwick, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, William Stones
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa
Background
Parenting through control and monitoring has been found to have an effect on young people's sexual behaviour. There is a dearth of literature from sub-Saharan Africa on this subject. This paper examines parental control and monitoring and the implications of this on young people's sexual decision making in a rural setting in North-Western Tanzania.
Methods
This study employed an ethnographic research design. Data collection involved 17 focus group discussions and 46 in-depth interviews conducted with young people aged 14-24 years and parents/carers of young people within this age-group. Thematic analysis was conducted with the aid of NVIVO 7 software. …