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August 19, 2026Health Education

The protective role of decision-making life skills in enhancing awareness of sexual health risks and knowledge of condoms among primary school adolescents in Tanzania

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AKAhmad KanyamaSLSuitbert Emil Lyakurwa

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Cross-sectional survey shows decision-making life skills predict sexual health risk awareness and condom knowledge in young adolescents, highlighting the value of early life-skills training.

Key Points

  • To examine the protective role of decision-making life skills in enhancing sexual health risk awareness and condom knowledge among primary school adolescents in Tanzania.
  • Cross-sectional survey conducted among N=400 primary school adolescents (classes V–VII) in Tanzania selected via stratified and simple random sampling.
  • Survey instrument validated using exploratory factor analysis and evaluated for internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha.
  • Statistical evaluation performed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression models.
  • Unfavourable decision-making life skills were observed in 56% of adolescents, while 44% displayed favourable skills; 78% demonstrated low awareness of sexual health risks, and 72% showed high condom knowledge.
  • Logistic regression demonstrated that decision-making life skills significantly predicted both sexual health risk awareness and condom knowledge (p < 0.05).
  • Age and gender also served as statistically significant predictors of condom knowledge (p < 0.01).

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Kanyama et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85633c03308d306e2d6438https://doi.org/10.1108/he-06-2025-0082
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