Magnitude and Predictors of Early Sexual Debut among High and Preparatory School Students in Northern Ethiopia: A School-based Crosssectional Study

Ayalew, Assefa; Abreha, Kidan

doi:10.4172/2380-5439.1000151

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“…However, the current study proportion was higher than different pocket study findings conducted in Ethiopia (29% [11], 59.5% [23], 56.9% [24], 53.7% [10]), Nigeria 28.7% [25], China 10.7% [6] and Tanzania 57.8% [26]. The possible explanation for this might be due to the advancement of technology that enhances watching pornographic videos and substance use which may increase the probability of taking part in early sexual intercourse activities.…”

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Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016

Nigatu

Birhanu

Endehabtu

2020

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Background : The early age of sexual initiation will contribute a lot for various risks such as mistimed pregnancy followed by insecure termination, developing fistula and contracting sexually transmitted infections which are currently the major public health concerns, particularly for low-income countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to detect spatial clusters and identify factors associated with an early age sexual initiation of women in the reproductive age group. Methods : We used a population-based nationwide representative Ethiopian demographic and health survey 2016 data for this analysis. A total of 12,033 respondents of reproductive age (15–49 years) who had at least one event of sexual initiation was retrieved and included for the analysis. Spatial cluster detection and autocorrelation analysis were also done to explore the patterns of early age sexual initiation. Results : The median age at first sexual intercourse among respondents was 16 (±3.3) years and more than half (66.2%), had their first intercourse before the age of 18 years. The spatial variations of the age of sexual initiation was nonrandom and clustered with a Moran's I = 0.413 (P-value < 0.001). In addition, five significant spatial clusters were also identified. Moreover, the probability of starting sex at an earlier age was associated with the respondent’s residence, marital status, educational attainment and wealth index. Conclusion : This study found a higher proportion of an early age sexual initiation of women. Socio-demographic variables were also significantly associated with early sexual initiation. The SaTScan analysis identified five statistical significant spatial clusters which indicate that there were geographical variations. Therefore, targeted and integrated interventions focusing on the identified high spot clustered areas are recommended to reduce early age sexual initiation. Keywords : Early sexual initiation, geographical variations, Ethiopia

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Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016

Nigatu

Birhanu

Endehabtu

2020

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“…This nding is similar with studies conducted in Nigeria(18.6%) [4], Woldiya Town (18.4%) [9], Shire-Endassilassie town(19.0%) [10], and FagetaLekoma district of Awi zone(20.4%) [11]. However, this nding is higher than the results of studies conducted in Malaysia (9.8%) [3], and Ido-ekiti, South-west Nigeria(11.0%) [5].…”

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“…The odds of early sexual debut is three times more common among participants who had no history of discussion on sexuality issues with their parents as compared to those who had. This is supported by studies conducted in Shire-Endassilasie [10], and Debre Markos [8]. The possible explanation is that had discussion about sexuality issues with parents lead young people to develop self con dence on their own decision making ability on sexuality issues.…”

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“…Studies conducted in different regions of Ethiopia showed the prevalence of early sexual debut being 64.7% in Debre Markos University [8], 18.40% in Woldiya town [9], 19.0% in Shire-Endessilassie [10], 20.4% in FaggetaLekoma District of Awi Zone [11], 27.6% in Legehida district [12].…”

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“…Attending religious programs [4,9], peer pressure [9,11], exposure to pornographic materials [9,10,12] parental residence (being urban) [13], sex(being female) [14], cigarette smoking [15], do not have comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS [16], and feel they know enough about sexuality [17] were the main factors identi ed to have signi cant association with early sexual debut in the previous studies.…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Early Sexual Debut among Preparatory School Students in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia 2018

Gudeta¹,

Habitu²,

Atnafu³

2019

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Objective: Early sexual debut increases youth exposure to risky sexual behaviors, STIs including HIV/AIDS, and unsafe abortion. There is study limitation on this specific issue on the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of early sexual debut among preparatory school students in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia. Results: From a total of 797 students, 750 respondents complete the questionnaire giving a response rate of 94.1%. About 20.5% with 95%CI (17.6, 23.3%) of the respondents had early sexual debut. Had lesson on sexuality education (AOR=2.14, 95%CI 1.15, 3.98), drinking alcohol (AOR= 14.5, 95%CI 7.81, 27.22), had good parental monitoring (AOR=3.6, 95%CI 1.8, 7.45), had discussion on sexual issues with parents (AOR=3.05, 95%CI 1.04, 8.88), and had good academic achievement (AOR=4.2, 95%CI 1.72, 10.26) were found to be significantly associated with early sexual debut. Sexual education programs at earlier life may help to delay sexual debut for school youths and is recommended to incorporate it in the curriculum. Key words: Early sexual debut, factors, preparatory students, Gondar, Ethiopia

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Neonatal sepsis and its associated factors in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abate

Kasie

Reta

et al. 2020

Int J Public Health

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Background : Neonatal sepsis is one of the leading causes of inflated death and illness of neonates. Different primary studies in Eastern Africa showed the burden of neonatal sepsis. However, inconsistency among those studies was seen and no review has been conducted to report the amalgamated magnitude and associated factors. Therefore, this review intended to estimate the national prevalence and associated factors of neonatal sepsis in Eastern Africa. Methods : Using PRISMA guideline, we systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed studies that assessed the prevalence and associated factors of neonatal sepsis from PubMed, Cochrane library, and Google Scholar. Heterogeneity across the studies was evaluated using the Q and the I 2 test. A weighted inverse variance random-effects model was applied to determine the prevalence and the effect size of associated factors. The subgroup analysis was done by country, study design, and year of publication.A funnel plot and Egger's regression test were used to see publication bias. Result : A total of 26 studies with 11239 participants were used for analysis. The pooled prevalence of neonatal sepsis in

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Magnitude and Predictors of Early Sexual Debut among High and Preparatory School Students in Northern Ethiopia: A School-based Crosssectional Study

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016

Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Early Sexual Debut among Preparatory School Students in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia 2018

Neonatal sepsis and its associated factors in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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