National Survey of Adolescents, 2005: Uganda

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, 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 adolescentsi abilities to apply their knowledge and take preventive action. The Ugandan portion was administered between February and July 2004. Using a two-stage stratified sample design that selected households from rural and urban clusters, 7,106 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 6,659 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，旨在提供有关青少年与艾滋病、性传播疾病及意外怀孕相关的风险承担和寻求健康行为方面的详细信息。研究探讨了可能导致风险易感性增加的一系列因素（例如，行为、社会文化、经济因素）。研究还涵盖了预防手段的知识、可信信息的来源以及医疗保健，以及青少年在运用其知识并采取预防措施方面所面临的障碍。乌干达部分的研究于2004年2月至7月进行。采用两阶段分层抽样设计，从农村和城市集群中选取家庭，共列出7,106个家庭进行初步筛选。在每户家庭进行初步访谈后，对12至19岁之间的事实或法律家庭成员的青少年进行了面对面个体调查。此过程收集了6,659份青少年个体访谈。鉴于调查中提出的问题具有敏感性，因此从父母/监护人及受访者处获得了知情同意书，并在所有可能的情况下，访谈者和受访者按性别配对。