National Survey of Adolescents, 2004: Ghana

The National Survey Adolescents was launched in 2004 in four Sub-Saharan African countries--Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda--to provide detailed information on adolescent risk-taking and health-seeking behavior as related to HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancy. The study examined a range of factors (e.g., behavioral, sociocultural, and economic) that could lead to increased vulnerability to risk. The study also encompassed knowledge of means of prevention, sources of trusted information and health care, and impediments to adolescents' abilities to apply their knowledge and take preventive action. The Ghanian portion was administered between January and May 2004. Using a two-stage stratified sample design that selected households from rural and urban clusters, 9,445 households were listed for initial screening. After an initial interview in each household, individual surveys were administered in person to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 who were de facto or de jure members of the household. This process collected 4,430 individual interviews with adolescents. Because of the sensitive nature of questions administered in the survey, informed consent forms were obtained from both parents/guardians and the respondents, and in all possible instances interviewers and respondents were paired up by gender.

《国家青少年调查》项目于2004年在四个撒哈拉以南非洲国家——布基纳法索、加纳、马拉维和乌干达——启动，旨在提供关于青少年风险行为和寻求健康相关行为（与艾滋病、性传播疾病和意外怀孕相关）的详细信息。该研究考察了一系列可能导致风险增加的脆弱性因素（例如，行为、社会文化和经济因素）。研究还涵盖了预防手段的知识、可靠信息的来源以及医疗保健，以及青少年应用其知识并采取预防措施的能力障碍。加纳部分的研究工作于2004年1月至5月间进行。采用两阶段分层抽样设计，从农村和城市聚落中选取家庭，共有9,445个家庭被列入初步筛选名单。在每户家庭中进行初步访谈后，对12至19岁实际或法定家庭成员的青少年进行了面对面个人调查。此过程收集了4,430份青少年个人访谈。鉴于调查中提出的问题具有敏感性，从父母/监护人以及受访者处获得了知情同意书，并在所有可能的场合，访谈者和受访者均根据性别进行配对。