TY - JOUR
T1 - International note
T2 - Analysis of risk and protective factors for risky sexual behaviours among school-aged adolescents
AU - Kugbey, Nuworza
AU - Ayanore, Martin Amogre
AU - Amu, Hubert
AU - Oppong Asante, Kwaku
AU - Adam, Awolu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - This study examined the prevalence and associated factors of risky sexual behaviours among 1648 school-going adolescents using the 2012 Ghana Global School-based Student Health Survey. Our findings showed 33.5% of the participants had ever had sex 32.5% had multiple sexual partners and only 26.2% reported using condom during their last sexual intercourse. Being male, older age, anxiety, loneliness, suicidal ideation, being bullied, food insecurity (hunger), current alcohol and marijuana use were significant risk factors for being sexually experienced, multiple partners, but not condom use. Parental knowledge of activity was a significant protective factor against adolescents' sexual experience. These findings underscore the need to develop school-based interventions that would help reduce risky sexual behaviours among school-going adolescents.
AB - This study examined the prevalence and associated factors of risky sexual behaviours among 1648 school-going adolescents using the 2012 Ghana Global School-based Student Health Survey. Our findings showed 33.5% of the participants had ever had sex 32.5% had multiple sexual partners and only 26.2% reported using condom during their last sexual intercourse. Being male, older age, anxiety, loneliness, suicidal ideation, being bullied, food insecurity (hunger), current alcohol and marijuana use were significant risk factors for being sexually experienced, multiple partners, but not condom use. Parental knowledge of activity was a significant protective factor against adolescents' sexual experience. These findings underscore the need to develop school-based interventions that would help reduce risky sexual behaviours among school-going adolescents.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Ghana
KW - Risk and protective factors
KW - Risky sexual behaviours
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050108461&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.06.013
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.06.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30041055
AN - SCOPUS:85050108461
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 68
SP - 66
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -