[ La vulnérabilité des adolescents béninois au VIH-SIDA ]
Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 1123–1135
Yves Charbit1, Alphonse Mingnimon AFFO2, Souraya Hassan3, and Rigobert C. Tossou4
1 CEPED, Université Paris Descartes, France
2 Centre de Formation et de Recherche en matière de Population (CEFORP), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin
3 Souraya Hassan, Chef section UNICEF Cotonou, Benin
4 Centre de formation et de recherche en matière de population (CEFORP) Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: This article examines the vulnerability of adolescents of Benin to HIV / AIDS. It seeks to understand the measures in which certain socio-demographic and contextual variables which operationalize vulnerability shed light on the situation of adolescents in Benin.Method: To test the basic hypothesis, we compared the descriptions of 15-19 and 20-24 years olds interviewed as part of the MICS-Benin-2014 survey through descriptive and explanatory analyzes.Results: Analyzes reveal that with the exception of adolescent girls living in the most disadvantaged areas, in-depth knowledge of the sexual transmission of HIV / AIDS is generally good among adolescents. However, socio-demographic differences are less marked in terms of knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. On the other hand, many adolescents who have been tested for HIV have little regard for the result. This behavior, which is linked to the level of education and to the department for both sexes and in addition to the standard of living for adolescent girls, gives an overview of gender disparities and the extent of the gaps in obligations towards them to reduce the HIV infection.Conclusion: Develop strategies to improve knowledge about HIV and reduce the stigma on testing.
Author Keywords: vulnerability, adolescents, HIV/AIDS, Benin.
Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 1123–1135
Yves Charbit1, Alphonse Mingnimon AFFO2, Souraya Hassan3, and Rigobert C. Tossou4
1 CEPED, Université Paris Descartes, France
2 Centre de Formation et de Recherche en matière de Population (CEFORP), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin
3 Souraya Hassan, Chef section UNICEF Cotonou, Benin
4 Centre de formation et de recherche en matière de population (CEFORP) Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Background: This article examines the vulnerability of adolescents of Benin to HIV / AIDS. It seeks to understand the measures in which certain socio-demographic and contextual variables which operationalize vulnerability shed light on the situation of adolescents in Benin.Method: To test the basic hypothesis, we compared the descriptions of 15-19 and 20-24 years olds interviewed as part of the MICS-Benin-2014 survey through descriptive and explanatory analyzes.Results: Analyzes reveal that with the exception of adolescent girls living in the most disadvantaged areas, in-depth knowledge of the sexual transmission of HIV / AIDS is generally good among adolescents. However, socio-demographic differences are less marked in terms of knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. On the other hand, many adolescents who have been tested for HIV have little regard for the result. This behavior, which is linked to the level of education and to the department for both sexes and in addition to the standard of living for adolescent girls, gives an overview of gender disparities and the extent of the gaps in obligations towards them to reduce the HIV infection.Conclusion: Develop strategies to improve knowledge about HIV and reduce the stigma on testing.
Author Keywords: vulnerability, adolescents, HIV/AIDS, Benin.
Abstract: (french)
Contexte: Cet article examine la vulnérabilité des adolescents béninois au VIH/Sida. Il cherche à appréhender les mesures dans lesquelles certaines variables sociodémographiques et contextuelles qui opérationnalisent la vulnérabilité éclairent la situation des adolescents au Bénin.Méthode: Pour tester l’hypothèse de base, nous avons comparé à travers des analyses descriptives et explicatives les déclarations des 15-19 ans et 20-24 ans interrogés dans le cadre de l'enquête MICS-Bénin-2014.Résultats: Les analyses révèlent qu’à l’exception des adolescentes qui vivent dans les milieux les plus défavorisés, la connaissance approfondie de la transmission sexuelle du VIH/Sida est dans l’ensemble bonne chez les adolescents. Cependant, les différences sociodémographiques sont moins marquées en ce qui concerne la connaissance de la transmission mère-enfant du VIH. Par ailleurs, beaucoup d’adolescents ayant fait le test du VIH se préoccupent peu du résultat. Ce comportement qui est lié au niveau d’instruction et au département pour les deux sexes et en plus le niveau de vie chez les adolescentes donne un aperçu des disparités de genre et de l’ampleur des gaps d’obligation à leur égard pour réduire l’infection au VIH.Conclusion: Développer des stratégies pour améliorer les connaissances sur le VIH et réduire la stigmatisation sur le dépistage.
Author Keywords: vulnérabilité, adolescents, VIH/SIDA, Bénin.
How to Cite this Article
Yves Charbit, Alphonse Mingnimon AFFO, Souraya Hassan, and Rigobert C. Tossou, “Vulnerability of Benin's adolescents to HIV-AIDS,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1123–1135, July 2020.
