scholarly journals Heterosexual awareness and practices among Lebanese male conscripts

2002 ◽  
Vol 08 (06) ◽  
pp. 765-775
Author(s):  
S. M. Adib ◽  
S. Akoum ◽  
S. El Assaad ◽  
A. Jurjus
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Consistent Condom ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Behavioural Surveillance

To assess sexual behaviour and awareness about sexually transmitted infections [STIs] among young male adults in Lebanon, and to explore determinants associated with increasing levels of sexual risk, a cross-sectional survey of 730 conscripts was conducted. About 50% reported any lifetime heterosexual experience. Non-mutually exclusive sex predominated, and only half of the respondents reported consistent condom use during insertive vaginal sex. Higher sexual risk-taking was associated with urban residence, higher education, lower family crowding and younger age at first sexual experience. A national strategy with epidemiological and behavioural surveillance and educational programmes must be initiated before sexual risk-taking and incidence of STIs become a major public health issue.

scholarly journals Sexual risk taking among patients on antiretroviral therapy in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Ragnarsson ◽  
Anna Mia Ekström ◽  
Jane Carter ◽  
Festus Ilako ◽  
Abigail Lukhwaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Sexual risk-taking during travel abroad – a cross-sectional survey among youth in Sweden

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Sundbeck ◽  
Anders Emmelin ◽  
Louise Mannheimer ◽  
Håkan Miörner ◽  
Anette Agardh
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Travel Abroad

Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent females in Ijebu-Ode, southwest, Nigeria: a study of sexual risk-taking

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Jide Animasahun ◽  
Oluwafolahan Oluwagbemiga Sholeye ◽  
Adebisi Dare Oduwole
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Sexual risk-taking among adolescents, leads to several negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study assessed sexual risk behaviours and associated factors among in-school adolescent females in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 131 female adolescents selected via multi-stage sampling from senior secondary schools in Ijebu-Ode, southwest Nigeria. Data was collected using a validated, semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysed using SPSS 17.0. Relevant descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated, with p set at <0.05. Participation was fully voluntary. The mean age of respondents was 16±1.3 years. Thirty-eight (14.5%) of respondents were sexually exposed with the mean age of sexual debut being 13.4±2.8 years. Participants with sexual exposure reported vaginal sex (89.5%), digital sex (36.8%) and oral sex (5.3%). A total of 42.1% had multiple sexual partners, 47.4% used condoms during sex. Only 13% of the respondents were engaged in sexual risk-taking. Factors associated with sexual risk-taking include: age, type of school, father being alive, having a boyfriend, age of boyfriend, low self-esteem and a history of non-consensual sex. Sexually-active adolescents engaged in risky sexual behaviours. Comprehensive sexuality education, behaviour change communication and adolescent-friendly services will adequately address the situation.

scholarly journals Sexting and high sexual risk-taking behaviours among school youth in northern Ethiopia: estimating using prevalence ratio

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kidan Abrha ◽  
Alemayehu Worku ◽  
Wondwossen Lerebo ◽  
Yemane Berhane
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Youth

BackgroundIncreasing access to digital technology to young people in low-income settings has greatly influenced their porngraphy viewing and sexting, receiving and/or sending of sexual explicit materials via electronic devices. These change the sexual communication and behaviour of the young population. However, evidence to attest this change is not available in our setting. Thus, this study examined the relationship of high sexual risk-taking behaviour with sexting and pornography viewing among school youth in Ethiopia.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April 2015 by selecting school youth using a multistage sampling procedure. Data were collected using a pre-validated anonymous facilitator-guided self-administered questionnaire. Poisson regression was run to calculate adjusted prevalence ratio with its 95% confidence intervals. All differences were considered as significant for p values ≤0.05.ResultsIn total, 5924 questionnaires were distributed, and 5306 (89.57%) school youth responded in full to questions related to outcome variables. Of these respondents, 1220 (22.99%; 95% CI 19.45 to 26.96) were involved in high sexual risk-taking behaviour; 1769 (33.37%; 95% CI 30.52 to 36.35) had experienced sexting and 2679 (50.26%; 95% CI 46.92 to 53.61) were viewing pornography. The proportion of high sexual risk-taking behaviour was three-fold among pornography viewers (adjusted prevalence ratio (APR) 95% CI 3.02 (2.52 to 3.62)) and two-fold among sexters (APR 95% CI 2.48 (1.88 to 3.27)) as compared with their counterparts.ConclusionsExposure to sexually explicit materials via communication technology is associated with increased high sexual risk-taking behaviour among school youth in northern Ethiopia. Considering these emerged predictors of sexual behaviours in our sexual education programmes, further research in this area is essential.

Young women's sexual risk taking behaviour: re-visiting the influences of sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-esteem

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Seal ◽  
V. Minichiello ◽  
M. Omodei
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Negatively Associated

Summary: This study investigates the influences on young women's sexual risk taking of (a) attitudes such as sexual self-efficacy and sexual self-esteem and (b) personal and sexual characteristics, such as age, the age of first sexual experience, the number of sexual partners and reported overall amount of sex. Three hundred and thirty-one young women participated in this study. With respect to regular sexual relationships, the results show that risk taking behaviour is directly and positively associated with sexual self-esteem. The effect of sexual self-efficacy on risk taking in regular relationships, however, is indirect and positive, being mediated by the overall amount of sexual activity. In contrast, with respect to casual sexual relationships, risk taking behaviour is negatively associated with self-esteem and positively associated with sexual self-efficacy. In addition, sexual self-esteem influences casual risk taking indirectly and positively, the effect being mediated by the overall amount of sexual activity. The findings in relation to sexual self-esteem and sexual self-efficacy are contrary to the expectations that these variables would be negatively associated with sexual risk taking behaviours. The implications for safe sex education are discussed.

Young people and sexual risk-taking behaviour in Central England

Sexual Health ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Westwood ◽  
Barbara Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmissible Infections ◽  
The Uk

Background: Sexually transmissible infections and the rate of teenage pregnancy in the UK are among the highest in the industrialised world. Research has suggested that high rates of risk-taking behaviours may account for the concerning increase in the rates of sexually transmissible infections and higher rates of teenage pregnancy in the UK. Methods: This cross-sectional analysis investigated the sexual risk-taking behaviours of a group of sexually active 12–15-year-old school pupils from a single county in Central England (n = 493). Data were analysed to investigate the sexual risk activity of adolescents, urban/rural location, and gender. Results: In this sample, rural students were more likely than their urban counterparts to have used drugs or alcohol the first time they had sex. Female students were more likely than male students to report ever having had sex without contraception. Male students were more likely than female students to have ever had a one night stand. Conclusions: As expected there were differences in sexual risk-taking behaviour between pupils in urban and rural locations, and males and females. In most cases these differences were consistent with previous research on general trends, with a few exceptions that can be meaningfully interpreted using previous research in this area. In future, researchers may wish to investigate the underlying factors that determine these differences in risk-taking behaviour.

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