A profile of sexually active male adolescent high school students in Lima, Peru

To document knowledge and attitudes regarding sexuality and sexual practices of male adolescent high school students in Lima, Peru, a self-administered, anonymous survey was completed by 991 male adolescents aged 12-19 as part of a School-Based Sex Education Intervention model. Questions concerned sociodemographic information; family characteristics; personal activities; knowledge and attitudes regarding sexuality; sexual experience; and contraceptive use. Knowledge related to sexuality was limited. Males tended to mainly discuss sexuality with their male peers (49.8%). Attitudes towards sexual activity and condom use were largely positive, although some males expressed ambivalent feelings towards the latter. Of the sample, 43% had ever had sex; age at first sexual intercourse was 13 years. While 88% of the sample would use condoms, 74% also gave reasons for not using them. Sexual activity was related to age, ever having repeated a grade, living with only one parent or in a mixed family, activities such as going to parties, use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, and viewing pornographic videos or magazines. Many male adolescents were at risk of causing an unintended pregnancy or acquiring an STD.

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Participation in High School Sports and Adolescent Sexual Activity

Pediatric Exercise Science ◽

10.1123/pes.6.1.69 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 69-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edward A. Smith ◽

Linda L. Caldwell

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Sexual Activity ◽

Sex Education ◽

Sexually Active ◽

School Students ◽

High School Sports ◽

School Sports ◽

Southern City ◽

Adolescent Sexual Activity

Survey data from 1,071 high school students in a large southern city indicated that high school sports participants were more likely to be sexually active than were nonparticipants. This result was true for both males (66% vs. 52%) and females (52% vs. 36%) and was independent of the sport in which the adolescent participated. This finding suggests that high school teams may provide an opportunity for reaching teenagers in need of sex education counseling.

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Attitudes of Parents of High School Students About AIDS, Drug, and Sex Education in Schools—Rome, Italy, 1991

JAMA ◽

10.1001/jama.1992.03480160018007 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 267 (16) ◽

pp. 2160

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Sex Education ◽

School Students

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A Peer-Based Educational Intervention Effects on SARS-CoV-2 Knowledge and Attitudes among Polish High-School Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182212183 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (22) ◽

pp. 12183

Author(s):

Maria Ganczak ◽

Oskar Pasek ◽

Łukasz Duda-Duma ◽

Julia Komorzycka ◽

Karol Nowak ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Control Measures ◽

School Students ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Serious Disease

To support high school students to develop knowledge they need to adhere to control measures during the pandemic, a peer-based educational intervention on SARS-CoV-2 was developed and its impact was evaluated. Multistage random sampling was used. The 50 min peer-based intervention was conducted by final year medical students. Baseline and post-intervention knowledge and attitudes were assessed. Significance was tested by McNemar’s/Wilcoxon rank tests. Of 518 participants (mean age 17.8 years ± 0.43), 81.0% did not receive any school-based education on SARS-CoV-2. After intervention, the knowledge score improved from 65.2% to 81.6%, attitudes from 63.2% to 70.8% (both p < 0.0001). The effect size after the intervention compared to pre-intervention showed moderate improvement of knowledge, but not attitudes (d = 0.46 and d = 0.18, respectively). Pre- and post-intervention, females, students in non-science programs, living in cities < 250,000 inhabitants had lower knowledge, while fewer males, non-science program students, living in smaller cities presented positive attitudes. Before intervention, 67.0% students correctly named SARS-CoV-2 preventive methods and 73.6% were concerned COVID-19 is a serious disease; these improved after intervention (to 80.1% and 86.3%; p < 0.0001). The intervention was not very successful in increasing the intent to vaccinate for COVID-19 (pre-intervention 52.9%, post-intervention 56.4%; p < 0.007). Peer-based teaching for high school students can be effective in increasing SARS-CoV-2 knowledge and awareness. More efforts are needed to improve attitudes and enhance acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19.

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A Mediating Effect of Peer Relations on the Association between Parental Achievement-Oriented Expectation and Depression among High School Students

Family and Environment Research ◽

10.6115/fer.2020.017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 229-238

Author(s):

Youngmi Shin ◽

Meejung Chin

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Peer Relations ◽

Adolescent Depression ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Panel Survey ◽

School Students ◽

Korean Children ◽

Male Adolescents

This study examined the effect of parental achievement-oriented expectation on high school students’ depression and verified the mediating effect of peer relations on relations. Data were derived from the 7th wave (2016) of Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), and 1,979 high school students were included. Descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and a Sobel test were conducted using STATA. The main results were as follows. First, male adolescents perceived higher parental achievement-oriented expectation, lower peer relations, but lower depression than female adolescents. Second, parental achievement-oriented expectation was negatively related to adolescent peer relations but positively related to adolescent depression. This implies that adolescents whose parents have a higher level of achievement-oriented expectation have lower level of peer relations and higher level of depression. Third, adolescents’ peer relations significantly mediated the relation between parental achievement-oriented expectation and high school students’ depression. The result of Sobel test supported the significance of the mediating effect. The results highlighted a negative impact of parental achievement-oriented expectation on adolescents’ mental health, and addressed how parental achievement-oriented expectation affects adolescents’ depression by showing an important mechanism of peer relations, which was missed in previous research.

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