What Works for Women and Girls

study reported having received information from their mothers, while 32.1% claimedthat they had not, and 68.8% reported that their mothers assisted them in accessinginformation via discussions or encouragement to read material, watch television, orjoin a club, while 31.6% said their mothers did not. Forty percent of the daughtersclaimed they had some difficulty or problems discussing sexuality with their mothersfor reasons such as fear, shyness, and that mothers were too busy, among others. Girlsreported preferring their mothers as the source of their information. Lastly, when askedhow mothers might be enabled or empowered to better communicate with their daughterson matters concerning HIV/AIDS and sexuality, 50.7% suggested providing seminarsand workshops within the community to teach communication techniques andskills, 8.7% mentioned suggestions related to reading materials that would be useful,and 7.2% said they would like counselor or teacher assistance (Damalie, 2001). (GrayIII) (adolescents, communication, sex behavior, Uganda)A review of 5,592 questionnaires administered to adolescents in Mexico found thatdiscussion with parents about risk and prevention prior to sexual initiation was associatedwith higher condom use at first sex and late discussion was associated withyounger age at first intercourse. Communication before onset of sexual activity aboutrisk and prevention is positively associated with safer sex practices (Atienzo et al., 2008).(Abstract) (adolescents, communication, condom use, Mexico)Promising Strategies:5. National efforts to decrease or delay sexual activity, increase condom use and reduce thenumber of sexual partners may be effective in preventing HIV nationwide.Using longitudinal data from annual and serological surveys from 1989 to 2007 inUganda, a study analyzing sexual behavior data found that young people making theirsexual debut during the period of study (1996 to 2007) did delay sexual debut, delayingsexual initiation by one year. In addition, younger males and females reported increasedcondom use. More than a quarter of males 20 to 25 years of age reported condomuse at last sex but for males above age 40, only 10% reported condom use at last sex.Among females, more than 10% reported condom use at last sex at the ages of 18 to 22years of age, but above age 40, only 4% reported condom use at last sex. Males in birthcohorts born before 1985 reported 13% fewer partners than males in older birth cohorts.Females born after 1985 reported around 7% fewer partners than females in the olderbirth cohorts at the same age (Todd et al., 2009). (Gray III) (sex behavior, sexual debut,condom use, sexual partners, Uganda)Data from the 2004 to 2005 Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioral Survey and the 1988,1995, and 2001 DHS surveys showed that the proportion of youth ages 15 to 24 whoreported never have had sex increased significantly from 23% in 1998 to 32% in 2005,130 CHAPTER 5 PREVENTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE