Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.
Afr Health Sci. 2021 Dec;21(4):1830-1841. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v21i4.41.
Young people in Ethiopia aged between 18 and 24 who have had sex before age 18 has increased from 35% in 2005 to 40% in 2016 among women and from 9% to 12% among men.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with risky sexual behavior among secondary and preparatory students in Wolaita Sodo town, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia; 2020.
A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 4 to 25, 2020. Multistage sampling was employed to select a random sample of 830 study participants from 2 randomly selected secondary and preparatory schools. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the outcome variables and independent variables.
Among the 306 participants who reported ever having sex, 196 (24.7%) engaged in risky sexual behaviors. Factors significantly associated with risky sexual behavior were; ever used alcohol, ever smoked cigarettes, parent monitoring, and having sexually active close friend/s.
Substantial proportion of study participants engaged in risky sexual behavior calling for more interventions on school student's addictive behaviors. Parents should have frequent, open and informative discussions about substance use and the associated problems with their adolescents.
在埃塞俄比亚，18 至 24 岁的年轻人中，18 岁之前有过性行为的比例从 2005 年的 35%上升到 2016 年的 40%，女性比例从 9%上升到 12%，男性比例从 9%上升到 12%。
本研究旨在评估沃尔塔索多镇（Wolaita Sodo Town）、沃尔塔地区（Wolaita Zone）、埃塞俄比亚南部中学和预科学生的危险性行为的流行率及其相关因素；2020 年。
这是一项 2020 年 2 月 4 日至 25 日进行的基于学校的横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样方法，从 2 所随机选择的中学和预科学校中抽取了 830 名研究参与者的随机样本。采用双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析来检验因变量与自变量之间的关系。
在报告有过性行为的 306 名参与者中，有 196 名（24.7%）有过危险的性行为。与危险性行为显著相关的因素有：曾经使用过酒精、曾经吸烟、父母的监督和有性活跃的亲密朋友/伴侣。
研究参与者中有相当大的比例存在危险的性行为，这需要对学生的成瘾行为进行更多的干预。父母应该经常与青少年进行关于物质使用及其相关问题的开放和有信息的讨论。
