Prevalence of Pattern of Risky Behaviors for Reproductive and Sexual Health Among Middle- and High-School Students

Campo‐Arias, Adalberto; Ceballo, Guillermo Augusto; Herazo, Edwin

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“…For example, risky sexual behaviors (such as multiple sexual partners and unprotect sexual intercourse) among adolescents and youths have been shown to be easy to co-occur with a range of other risky behaviors including alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, drug use, and violence [1,2,6-8]. In turn, substance use and violence have been implicated in increasing the likelihood for participation in risky sexual behaviors [1,5-7]. …”

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“…Researches in other countries similarly found a higher prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and substance use in adolescents and youths [5,7-9]. Given the higher prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and substance use, adolescents and youths aged 15 to 24 years represent approximately 25% of sexually active persons and account for nearly half of new HIV infection each year in the USA [10].…”

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Substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and their associations in a Chinese sample of senior high school students

Huang

Xu³

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BMC Public Health

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BackgroundGiven the higher prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and substance use, adolescents and youths are at risk for HIV. Despite its importance, however, to the best of our knowledge, there are only a few researches on risky behaviors in Chinese adolescents/youths. The present study aimed to describe the prevalence of sexual and substance use behaviors among a Chinese sample of senior high school students. And more specifically, the associations of socio-demographic factors and substance use with risky sexual behaviors were examined in the sample.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 senior high schools. A total of 2668 senior high school students aged 15.17 to 23.42 years participated in the survey. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect information on sexual and substance use behaviors.ResultsThe percentages of students who ever had sexual intercourse in lifetime or during last three months were 7.0% and 5.1%, respectively. Among the participants with sexual intercourse during last three months, 42.1% ever had unprotected sexual intercourse and 49.4% had intercourse with two or more partners. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that cigarette smoke and illicit drug use were related to unprotected sexual intercourse (defined as “sexual intercourse without condom use”) and younger age of first sexual intercourse was related to multiple-partner sexual intercourse.ConclusionsHIV/sexual transmitted infection (STI) health education and prevention are necessary among the Chinese adolescents, particularly among those adolescents with experience of sexual intercourse and/or substance use, which has a long-term beneficial to the control of HIV/STI in China.

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Substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and their associations in a Chinese sample of senior high school students

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Xu³

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“…This study focuses on the mother, whose bond with the adolescent and decision-power Current Brazilian and international studies published in this periodical and that promote interfacing with the theme addressed in this study show scientific evidence focused on the social aspects concerning vulnerability that pervades adolescence, especially highlighting the use of drugs (11)(12) , domestic violence (13) , and sexual and reproductive health (6) .…”

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“…A study conducted in Colombia with 3,575 adolescents concluded that approximately one in each three participants presented risky sexual and/ or reproductive behaviors, including experiencing an unplanned pregnancy (6) . An unplanned pregnancy that is also an unwanted pregnancy may pose a severe problem for the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young individuals, as assistance required due to abortions show (7) .…”

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The experience of women with abortion during adolescence as demanded by their mothers

Domingos

Merighi

Jesús

et al. 2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to understand the experience of women who induced an abortion during adolescence as demanded by their mothers. Method: qualitative study with a social phenomenology approach conducted in 2010 with three women through interviews with open questions. Results: the participants tried to hide their pregnancies from their mothers and when the mothers found out about the pregnancies they decide to interrupt it, demanding that their daughters have an abortion, which was performed in an unsafe manner, regardless of the adolescents' desire. After the abortion, the adolescents experienced suffering, guilt, and regret for not having fought against their mothers' decisions. These women expect to be autonomous to make their own decisions, take care of their own health and become pregnant again. Conclusion: the study evidenced the decision for an abortion was centered on the adolescents' mothers, a result that deserves to be further explored in future research deepening the relationship established between daughter and mother in the situation of an induced abortion. We suggest the creation of opportunities for the triad of health professional/adolescent/family to dialogue, especially the mother, who in the context of family relations, can help the daughter to safely deal with an early pregnancy and prevent it instead of influencing the adolescent to induce an abortion. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 2013 July-Aug.;21(4):899-905.

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“…Also, de Walque (2006) finds that education is an important predictor of sexual behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. In the case of Colombia, Varela et al (2011) estimate the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and analyze their relationship with socio-demographic characteristics in adult population from all regions of the country; Campo-Arias et al (2010) study the prevalence and factors related with risky behaviors for reproductive and sexual health for high school students in the city of Santa Marta, and Brook et al (2002) identify the relationships between drug use, risky sexual behaviors and early pregnancy in Colombian teenagers.…”

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Risky health behaviors : evidence for an emerging economy

Iregui-Bohórquez¹,

Melo-Becerra²,

Ramírez-Giraldo³

2015

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This paper uses the Colombian National Health Survey to analyze the relationship between education and risky health behaviors, namely smoking, heavy drinking, being obese, and unsafe sexual behavior, by estimating the education gradient using Logit models. We also provide evidence on the effect of education, socio-economic and knowledge variables on these health behaviors by gender and area of residence. Results indicate that there is a negative and significant effect of years of schooling on the probability of smoking, whereas the probability of heavy drinking and unsafe sexual behaviors increases with education, highlighting the importance of social and cultural factors. Knowledge variables not only reduce the probability of smoking, but also the probability of heavy drinking and being obese, indicating that campaigns and research on the negative effects of these behaviors have raised awareness about how harmful they are. Comportamientos riesgosos para la salud: evidencia para una economía emergente  ResumenEste artículo utiliza la Encuesta Nacional de Salud de Colombia para analizar la relación entre educación y comportamientos riesgosos para la salud, como fumar, tomar en exceso, ser obeso y tener comportamientos sexuales riesgosos, estimando el gradiente de la educación mediante modelos Logit. Adicionalmente, se proporciona evidencia sobre el efecto de la educación, y de variables socioeconómicas y de conocimiento por género y área de residencia. Los resultados indican que existe un efecto negativo y significativo de la educación en la probabilidad de fumar mientras que la probabilidad de beber en exceso y de tener comportamientos sexuales riesgosos aumenta con la educación, destacando la importancia de factores sociales y culturales. Las variables de conocimiento no solo reducen la probabilidad de fumar, sino la de tomar en exceso y ser obeso, lo que indica que campañas dirigidas a destacar los efectos nocivos de estas conductas aumentan la conciencia sobre sus efectos perjudiciales en la salud. Palabras clave: Educación, comportamientos riesgosos para la salud. ColombiaClasificación JEL: I1, I12, I20  Agradecemos a la Dra. Ángela Camacho, a Gerson Javier Pérez, a Sergio Prada, y a Jorge Ramos por sus comentarios y sugerencias. También se agradece la asistencia de Helena González en esta investigación La serie Borradores de Economía es una publicación de la Subgerencia de Estudios Económicos del Banco de la República. Los trabajos son de carácter provisional, las opiniones y posibles errores son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y sus contenidos no comprometen al Banco de la República ni a su Junta Directiva. illnesses, infertility, long-term disability, and even death for millions of people. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2014a), chronic diseases are one of the major health and development challenges of this century, particularly for low and middle-income countries. In fact, in 2012 chronic diseases were responsible for 68% of the world's deaths, of which 40% were premature (unde...

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Prevalence of Pattern of Risky Behaviors for Reproductive and Sexual Health Among Middle- and High-School Students

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and their associations in a Chinese sample of senior high school students

Substance use, risky sexual behaviors, and their associations in a Chinese sample of senior high school students

The experience of women with abortion during adolescence as demanded by their mothers

Risky health behaviors : evidence for an emerging economy

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