Risky sexual behavior practice and associated factors among secondary and preparatory school students of Aksum town, northern Ethiopia, 2018

As adolescence is a stage in which human beings face once throughout a lifetime and it is the experimental period for this reason risky sexual behavior is common among young people, and it has several sexual and reproductive health consequences. But it doesn't get enough attention the status of...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2019-10, Vol.12 (1), p.698-698, Article 698
Main Authors: Girmay, Alem, Mariye, Teklewoini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - physiology
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Aksum
Coitus - physiology
Coitus - psychology
Cross sectional study
Demographic aspects
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Female
Forecasts and trends
Health aspects
High school student
High school students
High schools
Humans
Male
Peer pressure
Prevalence
Reproductive health
Research Note
Risk sexual behavior
Risk taking
Schools
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual intercourse
Students
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenage sexual behavior
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:As adolescence is a stage in which human beings face once throughout a lifetime and it is the experimental period for this reason risky sexual behavior is common among young people, and it has several sexual and reproductive health consequences. But it doesn't get enough attention the status of risky sexual behavior practice and factors' contributing to it, so this study aimed to identify the prevalence of risky sexual behavior and factors associated with it. From the total respondents 115 (23.7%) had history of sexual intercourse and the mean age for sexual initiation is 15.48 ± 1.99 year. From whom 110 (98.2%) had sexual contact below the age of 18 and only 68 (60.8%) initiate first sex by their own willing. Overall 97 (19.6%) had practiced risky sexual behaviors. Students not facing peer pressure were 0.36 times less likely to develop risk sexual behavior (AOR = 0.357, 95% CI 0.172, 0.744).
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-019-4714-1