Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. A significant under-addressed issue in the global adolescent health agenda is the interaction between alcohol use and sexual encounters among adolescent boys and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. We used qualitative and participatory methodologies to explore the experiences and perspectives of adolescent girls and boys in and out of school in four sites across Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Findings suggest that alcohol use intersects with a spatial dimension in relation to where youths are consuming alcohol and subsequently engaging in sex. The spatial dimension was found to be influenced by time, gender, age, economics, and social norms around the carrying of and use of condoms. Interventions are needed that both address the gendered and social sanctioning of youth carrying condoms in Tanzania and that increase the availability of condoms where alcohol is sold and consumed.
The global adolescent health agenda has been gaining attention in recent years as governments and health experts appreciate the magnitude of the size of this population; there are 1. Key findings from this small body of evidence include the ways in which alcohol and peer pressure in northern Tanzania combine to lead adolescent boys into situations of unsafe sex Sommer et al. Research is needed to better understand the ways in which the use of alcohol among young people in urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly those with a high-density of alcohol outlets, is intersecting with their sexual encounters, and how this dynamic is influencing the practice of safer sex.
The study described here examined the intersection of alcohol use and subsequent sexual encounters from the perspectives of adolescents themselves in one such urban context, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The alcohol context in Tanzania, as in many sub-Saharan African countries, has been under-studied, despite data indicating heavy episodic drinking A small body of literature documents the high prevalence of both homebrew home-made beer or stronger spirits and commercial alcohol in both rural and urban areas Francis et al.
