A Mixed Methods Mapping of Church Versus Secular School Messages to Influence Sexual Decision Making as Perceived by Zimbabwean Orphan Girl Students

Elias Mpofu; Denise Dion Hallfors; Magen Mhaka Mutepfa; Tinashe Moira Dune

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A Mixed Methods Mapping of Church Versus Secular School Messages to Influence Sexual Decision Making as Perceived by Zimbabwean Orphan Girl Students

Elias Mpofu, Denise Dion Hallfors, Magen Mhaka Mutepfa, Tinashe Moira Dune

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This study examined the messages perceived by adolescent girls with orphanhood to influence their sexual decision making. Participants were 125 students (mean age = 14.7 years), 54% of whom attended church schools in a rural district of eastern Zimbabwe. We collected and analyzed data using concept mapping, a mixed method approach that enabled the construction of message clusters, with weighting for their relative importance. Messages that clustered under Biblical Teachings and Life Planning ranked highest in salience among students in both church and secular schools. Protecting Family Honor, HIV Prevention, and Social Stigma messages ranked next, respectively. Contrary to study hypotheses, the messages that orphan adolescent girls perceived to influence their sexual decisions did not vary by type of school attended.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	363-376
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689814539394
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Zimbabwe
mixed methods
orphan girls
school-based HIV prevention
sexual health

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Education
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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