Factors Associated With Condom Use Among High School Students of Natitingou Agricultural Technical School, Benin, in 2017.

INTRODUCTION

HIV/AIDS is one of the most dreaded diseases of this century. Condom use is probably the most effective way to combat the disease.

Objective

To study the factors associated with condom use among high school students in Natitingou in 2017.

METHODS

A descriptive cross-sectional analytical study involving 202 individuals, based on non-random sampling technique with exhaustive choice. Collected data were processed and analyzed with Epi-Data 3.1 and Epi-Info 7.

RESULTS

128 male and 74 female students were included in the study. Mean age was 19.51 years. Prevalence of condom use was 40.63%. Factors associated with condom use were: level of education, injecting drug use, knowing one's HIV status, ease access to condom, friends' point of view on voluntary testing.

CONCLUSIONS

There is still room for improving the prevalence of condom use among high school students, and this suggests the social gradient perspective that other more in-depth studies will be able to specify.