Factors Influencing Condom use Among Female Students

With the increasing prevalence of premarital sex among tertiary students with its attendant problems, this study seeks to determine the individual, partner-related and environmental factors that influence condom use among female students of Ho Polytechnic. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 350 randomly selected female students of Ho Polytechnic. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of condom use among the female students. Results show that five individual factors, three partner-related factors and two environmental factors were significant in influencing the use of condom among females. It is suggested that students besensitized on the risk of unsafe sexual behaviour, and advantages of condom usage, health educational programmes should aim at increasing women's self-confidenceand adopting promotional strategies that will focus on correcting the misconceptions about condom use among females.