The role of the environment in the sexual activity of school students in Tororo and Pallisa districts of Uganda

Several models of adolescent sexual activity have previously been published and most of them suggest two basic components, biological and sociological. This article highlights important environmental factors in shaping the sexual behaviour of the school-going youth in Uganda. Students in education l...

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Published in:Health transition review : the cultural, social, and behavioural determinants of health social, and behavioural determinants of health, 1997-01, Vol.7 (Supp.), p.67-81
Main Author: Twa-Twa, Jeremiahs M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Alcohols
Boarding schools
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diseases
Environment
Factors of vulnerability, behavioural change, sexual networking/Uganda
Female
Health technology assessment
HIV
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Logistic Models
Logistic regression
Male
Pallisa
Parents
Population
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behaviour
Sexual intercourse
Sexual partners
Sexuality
Social Environment
Teachers
Tororo
Uganda
Womens studies
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Summary:Several models of adolescent sexual activity have previously been published and most of them suggest two basic components, biological and sociological. This article highlights important environmental factors in shaping the sexual behaviour of the school-going youth in Uganda. Students in education levels Senior 1 to 6 participated in the study. Information was collected from self-response structured questionnaires, focus-group discussions, and discussions with teachers. Student respondents were randomly selected. The study found that 65 per cent of male and 32 per cent of the female unmarried secondary school students had sexual experience. Of the sexually active youth, 49 per cent of the males and 25 per cent of the females had multiple sexual partners. Four main environmental factors appear to be important in shaping school students' sexual activity in Uganda today: parental care, peer influence, economic factors and AIDS education. Some elements accelerate and others suppress sexual activity.
ISSN:1036-4005