Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among social science stream university students in Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Belay Gobeze; Terefe, Ayana Benti; Gudeta, Tolesa Gemeda; Mengistu, Bizunesh Kefale; Mengistu, Girma Teferi

doi:10.1016/j.ijans.2022.100452

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“…Dampak yang ditimbulkan dari masalah kesehatan reproduksi pada remaja adalah gangguan fisik seperti terkena penyakit menular seksual atau Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), beresiko menikah dan hamil dini serta memicu remaja melakukan aborsi. Dampak sosial dan psikologis antara lain hilangnya harga diri, penyesalan, kehilangan dukungan keluarga, depresi, penyalahgunaan zat narkotika, dan ide bunuh diri serta konsekuensi pendidikan yaitu dikeluarkan dari sekolah (Mengistu et al, 2022;Risniawan & Handayani, 2021). Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas kesehatan reproduksi remaja putri adalah dengan memberikan informasi yang berhubungan dengan kesehatan, termasuk informasi tentang penyakit menular seksual, HIV, dan kehamilan (Bahar et al, 2023).…”

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Rahmawati,

Setyowati,

Budiati

et al. 2023

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This study aims to review publications or literature about the factors that affect adolescent reproductive health. The method used is Prisma (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). The database that the author uses is Sciencedirect, Proquest, Scopus, Sage Journals, and Fifteen Total Articles conducted by the analysis. The results showed that communication factors with parents influenced adolescent reproductive health, the level of teenage education, knowledge, the environment of residence, early sex with many couples without using contraception, the influence of peers, exposure to information media, reproductive health services, economic status, and Attitudes, adolescents towards reproductive health. Conclusions: adolescent reproductive health is influenced by various factors from themselves, others, the environment of residence, or health care facilities. Keywords: Reproductive Health, Teenagers

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Pre-Marital Sexual Debut and Associated Factors among Unmarried Regular Students of AdigratUniversity, Northern Ethiopia

Gebremariam,

Adhanom,

Hagos

et al. 2023

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Background Premarital sexual debuts are increasing in the globe. It has vital role in spreading sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy among the youths. Even though a single study was conducted among high school students of Adigrat town, there is no published data that describes premarital sex and factor associated among students of Adigrat University.Thus, this study has aimed to assess pre-marital sexual debut and associated factors among unmarried regular studentsof AdigratUniversity, northern Ethiopia. Methods Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted using a facilitator guided self-administered questionnaire among students of Adigrat University. Study participants were recruited using multistage sampling technique. Data was analyzed using statistical package for social science version 22 to determine the association between variables. A p-value < 0.05 with a corresponding 95% confidence interval was considered as statistically significant. Result The overall prevalence of premarital debut among the study participants was,22.9%.According to multivariate analysis, peer pressure (AOR = 1.8, 95% CI: 1.2–2.6, p = 0.002); watching pornographic video (AOR = 1.6, 95% CI: 1.1–2.3, p = 0.031) and using psychoactive drugs (substance) (AOR = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.3–3.1, p = 0.001) were statistically significant factors associated with the occurrence of pre-marital sexual debut among the study participants. Conclusion Premarital sexual debut is becoming more prevalent among students. Watching pornographic video, peer pressure and using psychoactive drugs were statistically contributing factors to debut student in premarital sex. Hence, our finding suggests ministry of health and ministry of education should work together giving more attention for designing persistent and effective reproductive health education programme among students of higher education.

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Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among social science stream university students in Ethiopia

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Pre-Marital Sexual Debut and Associated Factors among Unmarried Regular Students of AdigratUniversity, Northern Ethiopia

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