Gyan Sylvia E
University of Ghana, Department of Sociology.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2017 Jun;21(2):55-63. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2017/v21i2.7.
There is a changing trend in adolescent girls' sexual and reproductive behaviour in Ghana. However, contemporary perspectives on adolescent girls' sexual behaviours are largely missing hence this study. Thematic analysis of data collected through in-depth interviews with adolescent girls and community members as well as focus group discussions with adolescent boys identified several factors accounting for the changes in adolescent girls' sexual and reproductive behaviour. These factors include changes in girls' attitudes to traditional practices, diversity in the agents of socialization as well as the age at menarche. This has resulted in a clash of value system between girls' sexual behaviours and that of the elderly. Thus, the social context in which girls are experiencing sexual and reproductive life in Ghana is changing and this must be taken into consideration when designing any intervention to help adolescent girls become resilient in their sexual and reproductive lives.
加纳少女的性与生殖行为呈现出一种变化趋势。然而，目前对于少女性行为的当代观点大多缺失，因此开展了本研究。通过对少女和社区成员进行深入访谈以及与少男进行焦点小组讨论收集的数据进行主题分析，确定了几个导致少女性与生殖行为变化的因素。这些因素包括女孩对传统习俗态度的转变、社会化主体的多样性以及初潮年龄。这导致了女孩性行为与年长者性行为之间的价值体系冲突。因此，加纳女孩经历性与生殖生活的社会背景正在发生变化，在设计任何干预措施以帮助少女在性与生殖生活中变得有韧性时，必须考虑到这一点。
