Department of natural science/geography, University of Burundi, ENS - Bujumbura - Burundi.
Institute for Training and Research in Demography (IFORD), University of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2023 Aug 31;27(8):39-37. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i8.5.
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS among young people aged 15-24 in urban areas is at least 12 times higher among girls than boys in Burundi, while it is twice as high in Rwanda. The gap between the two countries could be narrowed if Burundi's single young people were provided with sufficient information about their sexual health through appropriate channels. The aim of this study was to examine the social and individual "determinants" of unmet needs for sexual health information, education and communication (IEC) among unmarried young boys and girls aged 15-24 in Burundi, using data from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Data were analyzed at the bivariate level using cross-tabulations and chi-squared tests, and at the multivariate level using binary logistic regression methods. According to the results of the study, the 'determinants' of the phenomenon studied are, for both sexes, the size of the household, the age of the youths, their level of education, their knowledge of where to take the HIV/AIDS test and their region of residence; only in the case of boys do we find, in addition, the age of the head of the household, his level of education and the adolescents' exposure to the media; similarly, only in the case of girls do we find their economic activity and their perception of HIV/AIDS. Multisectoral IEC actions on sexual health for young people should therefore be strengthened in Burundi.
在布隆迪，城市地区 15-24 岁青少年中艾滋病病毒/艾滋病的流行率在女孩中至少比男孩高 12 倍，而在卢旺达则高两倍。如果布隆迪的单身年轻人能够通过适当的渠道获得足够的性健康信息，那么两国之间的差距是可以缩小的。本研究的目的是利用 2016 年人口与健康调查（ DHS ）的数据，研究布隆迪 15-24 岁未婚男女青年在性健康信息、教育和交流（IEC）方面未满足需求的社会和个人“决定因素”。使用交叉表和卡方检验在双变量水平上对数据进行分析，并使用二元逻辑回归方法在多变量水平上进行分析。根据研究结果，对两性而言，“决定因素”是家庭规模、青年年龄、教育程度、对艾滋病毒/艾滋病检测地点的了解程度和居住地区；只有在男孩中，我们还发现户主年龄、受教育程度和青少年接触媒体；同样，只有在女孩中，我们发现她们的经济活动和对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认识。因此，布隆迪应加强针对青年的性健康多部门 IEC 行动。
