Contraceptives for teenagers

Bullough, Bonnie; Bullough, Vern L.

doi:10.1016/0891-5245(91)90077-4

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“…This study also confirms the speculation that young people of today are beginning sexual activity earlier than past generations. Earlier studies [4] did not show any trend; clearly this study shows that the age at first sexual intercourse has dropped from16.6 years [8-10] to 12 yr for boys and girls aged [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] years. This study also shows that if appropriate intervention is mounted that more adolescents can postpone sexual debut till after the age of 20 years and this should begin early before the age of 10 years.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…This is especially so, since quest for education ensures many years in school and possibly away from parental guidance and delays marriage. Offering young people good options to choose from have had positive impact in HIV prevention in situation where sexual networking is common [11,12]. Promotions of safe sex practice become urgent and have an important place in the promotion and control of HIV prevention.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The best protection is to choose sexual activities that do not allow semen, vaginal fluid or blood to enter the vagina, anus, and mouth or to touch the skin where there is an open sore [1, 2,12].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sexual Behaviour and Sex Practices among Secondary School Students in Enugu

Obuoha¹

2015

J Child Adolesc Behav

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The study aimed to evaluate the sex practices of secondary school students, to high-light risk behaviors and suggest behavioral changes necessary for preventing and/or reducing HIV transmission. 1009 multi-staged sampled secondary school students aged 10-20 years completed the anonymous interviews. 221(21.9%) of them reported having had sexual intercourse prior to the interview. There were more males than female's (p<0.001). 221 of the students have been sexually active in the past 12 months while 70 were active in the past 4 weeks. The median sex frequency was 2 times and highest among the 14-15 year olds. The age for first sexual intercourse peaked at 12 years for both sexes, more males than girls (p<0.03). The 16-17 year olds were the most sexually active with 75(33.9%) of them (7.4% of the study population) affirming they had sexual exposure. 98.2% of the sexually active student practiced high risk sexual behavior; more than 5 sexual partners per student, had sex with married people, accepted money for the sexual relationship and did not know their sexual partners well. A substantial number of the students knew that their sexual partners had other sex partners. A good number also practice homosexuality and lesbianism. Appropriate information about sexuality education and the negative consequences of early sexual exposure, STIs/HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancy should be provided in public schools.

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Sexual Behaviour and Sex Practices among Secondary School Students in Enugu

Obuoha¹

2015

J Child Adolesc Behav

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“…Adolescent parents could then benefit from anticipatory guidance to prevent repeat unwanted pregnancies. Bullough and Bullough (1991) recommend condoms and oral contraceptives as the methods most effective for this population.…”

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confidence: 99%