School-based sex education is associated with reduced risky sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in young adults

Public Health ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Vivancos ◽  
I. Abubakar ◽  
P. Phillips-Howard ◽  
P.R. Hunter
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-377
Author(s):  
Olorunsola Abimbola ◽  
Adegoke Adedokun

Background: Sexually transmitted infections are one of the health outcomes of risky sexual behaviour and they constitute health burdens among young population. The study assessed the knowledge, prevalence and contributing factors for sexually transmitted infections among young patients seen at two general outpatient clinics.Method: The study adopted a cross-sectional design using a sample size of 370 unmarried young patients that were sexually active. Quantitative data was obtained using structured questionnaires and samples were taken to determine the causative organisms of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Analysis was done with SPSS, chi-square was used to test for association between STI and influencing factors and statistical level of significance was set at 5%. Results: General knowledge assessment showed 90.3% of the respondents knew STIs. Specific STI knowledge showed HIV/AIDS was known by 88.9% and chancroid by 14%. About 26% of the respondent presented with itch, 22.1% with vaginal discharge and 5.9% with swelling on the perineum. Organisms identified were Candida albicans (47%), Non-gonococcal urethritis (17.7%) and the least was Herpes 21.96%. Prevalence of STI was significantly associated with risky sexual behaviour (÷ = 8.437; p = 2 20.004), tertiary education (÷ = 5.330; p= 0.021) and poor family functioning (÷ = 5.507; p=0.005).Conclusion: Sexually transmitted infection was associated with risky sexual behaviour, education on behavioural change towards safe sexual practice is a tool that can help prevent the spread of the infection.   French title: Infections sexuellement transmissibles chez les jeunes patients dans deux cliniques générales ambulatoires dans le sud-ouest du Nigéria : Évaluation des connaissances et des facteurs de risque Contexte général de l'étude : Les infections sexuellement transmissibles sont l'un des effets sur la santé des comportements sexuels à risque et elles constituent un fardeau pour la santé de la population jeune. L'étude a évalué les connaissances, la prévalence et les facteurs contributifs des infections sexuellement transmissibles chez les jeunes patients vus dans deux cliniques ambulatoires générales.Méthode de l'étude : L'étude a adopté une conception transversale en utilisant un échantillon de 370 jeunes patients célibataires qui étaient sexuellement actifs. Des données quantitatives ont été obtenues à l'aide d'un questionnaire structuré et des échantillons ont été prélevés pour déterminer les organismes responsables des infections sexuellement transmissibles (IST). L'analyse a été effectuée avec SPSS, le test du chi carré a été utilisé pour tester l'association entre les IST et les facteurs d'influence et le niveau de signification statistique a été fixé à 5 %.Résultat de l'étude: L'évaluation des connaissances générales a montré que 90,3 % des répondants connaissaient les IST. Les connaissances spécifiques sur les ISTont montré que le VIH/SIDAétait connu à 88,9 % et le chancre mou à 14 %. Environ 26 % des répondantes présentaient des démangeaisons, 22,1 % des pertes vaginales et 5,9 % un gonflement du périnée. Les organismes identifiés étaient le Candida albicans (47 %), l'urétrite non gonococcique (17,7 %) et le moins était l'herpès 1,96 %. La prévalence des IST était significativement associée aux comportements sexuels à risque (÷ 2 = 8,437 ; p = 0,004), à l'enseignement supérieur (÷ 2 = 5,330 ; p = 0,021) et au mauvais fonctionnement de la famille (÷2 = 5,507 ; p = 0,005).Conclusion : Les infections sexuellement transmissibles étaient associées à des comportements sexuels à risque, l'éducation sur le changement de comportement vers une pratique sexuelle sans risque est un outil qui peut aider à prévenir la propagation de l'infection.


2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Adams

Risky sexual behaviour and the disproportionate burden of STIs in certain population subgroups across Europe was a strong message emerging from the 18th Congress on Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI-EUROPE 2002), held on the 12-14 September in Vienna, Austria. Complete conference programme and abstracts are available at reference 1, and will shortly be available online at http://www.iusti-europe-2002.org/).


2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (7) ◽  
pp. 592-593
Author(s):  
L Guerrero-Lillo ◽  
J Medrano-Diaz ◽  
F Perez ◽  
C Perez ◽  
A Bizjak-Gomez ◽  
...  

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Navarro-Cremades ◽  
Antonio Palazón-Bru ◽  
Dolores Marhuenda-Amorós ◽  
María Isabel Tomás-Rodríguez ◽  
Fina Antón-Ruiz ◽  
...  

Background.Several authors have examined the risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), but no study has yet analyzed it solely in relation with sexual behaviour in women. We analyzed the association of sexual behaviour with STI risk in female university students of healthcare sciences.Methods.We designed a cross-sectional study assessing over three months vaginal intercourse with a man. The study involved 175 female university students, without a stable partner, studying healthcare sciences in Spain. Main outcome variable: STI risk (not always using male condoms). Secondary variables: sexual behaviour, method of orgasm, desire to increase the frequency of sexual relations, desire to have more variety in sexual relations, frequency of sexual intercourse with the partner, and age. The information was collected with an original questionnaire. A logistic regression model was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) in order to analyze the association between the STI risk and the study variables.Results.Of the 175 women, 52 were positive for STI risk (29.7%, 95% CI [22.9–36.5%]). Factors significantly associated with STI risk (p< 0.05) included: orgasm (not having orgasms →OR = 7.01, 95% CI [1.49–33.00]; several methods →OR = 0.77, 95% CI [0.31–1.90]; one single method →OR = 1;p= 0.008) and desiring an increased frequency of sexual activities (OR = 0.27, 95% CI [0.13–0.59],p< 0.001).Conclusions.Women’s desire for sexual activities and their sexual function were significant predictors of their risk for STI. Information about sexual function is an intrinsic aspect of sexual behaviour and should be taken into consideration when seeking approaches to reduce risks for STI.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Michael C.T. O’Dwyer ◽  
Tinashe Dune ◽  
John Bidewell ◽  
Pranee Liamputtong

Research into the rising rates of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies among adolescents has highlighted the challenge in developing sexual education campaigns that affect behavioural change. Frequent attempts to apply the otherwise robust Health Belief Model to the challenge of high-risk sexual behaviours have yielded confounding results from sexually active teens who discount the seriousness of consequences or their susceptibility to them. Social dynamics involving familial and peer relationships may strongly influence teen sexual risk-taking; the growing population of sexual risk-takers is strongly associated with disengaged family environments and a shift in alliance from family to peer community. This shift in identification to peer groups, in the absence of supportive parental relationships, is correlated with permissive and coercive sexual behaviour and a future of substance abuse, depression, sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy.This paper seeks to explore the correlation between peer interaction and parental relationships and availability, while assessing the predictive value of the Health Belief Model in relation to adolescent high risk sexual behaviour. Doing so can inform research to further clarify the nature of these associations and investigate new insights into adolescent sexual dynamics and new policy and programming approaches to sexual health promotion.


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