Sexual behavior and risk of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in public secondary schools in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
| Autor: | Olugbemiga L Abodunrin, Wasiu Olalekan Adebimpe, James Olusegun Bamidele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adolescent Psychometrics Behavior change communication Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior education Population Nigeria HIV Infections Fertility Risk Assessment Developmental psychology law.invention Condoms Young Adult Risk-Taking Condom Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors law Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Premarital sex Humans Child Students Health Education media_common education.field_of_study Public Sector Schools Behavior change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Health education Psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 21 |
| ISSN: | 2191-0278 0334-0139 |
| Popis: | Young people are particularly vulnerable to unplanned sexual activities. This study sought to identify the sexual behaviors and risk of HIV among public secondary schools students in Nigeria. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 521 students in eight randomly selected public secondary schools. Respondents were selected by a multistage sampling technique from amongst the study population. Using a self-administered semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire data were obtained concerning their sexual behaviors and influencing factors. RESULTS: Most respondents (n = 387 74.3%) were in late adolescence. Many knew the consequences of premarital sex as unplanned pregnancy STI/HIV/AIDS incomplete schooling and guilt feelings. About 40% of the respondents had been involved in sexual activities with partners who were classmates neighbors sugar daddies teachers or strangers (party-mates or prostitutes). Heterosexual oral and anal forms of sex were practiced respectively by 78.1% 13.3% and 12.4% of those who were sexually active. Sexual debut was 15.2 +/- 1.62 years. About 36% of those sexually active had more than one partner and about 14.8% were aware that their partners had other partners. Only 8.6% used a condom on a consistent basis whereas 41.9% had never used a condom at all. More than half the sexual activities were not pre-planned. The reasons given for engaging in such practices were peer influence financial reward drug influence fun or experimentation. CONCLUSIONS: Despite their above average level of knowledge of the consequences the students were still involved in risky sexual behaviors. Behavioral change communications should be intensified among these adolescents. |
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