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Identifying sexual behavioural choices when commencing pre-exposure prophylaxis: Findings from a public health facility in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PDF]

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: HIV/AIDS continues to be of concern, particularly in South Africa, where the current prevalence is 12.7%. Objectives: This study aimed to explore sexual practices that increased HIV vulnerability among clinic users who chose to initiate pre ...
Jyotika Basdav, Poovendhree Reddy, Firoza Haffejee   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Early sexual debut and associated factors among adolescents in Kasawo Sub-county, Mukono district, Uganda

Cogent Public Health, 2023
: Early sexual debut is defined as having had first sexual intercourse at or before age 14 years of age. By 19 years, nearly 70% of both males and females are reported to have ever had sexual intercourse. Notably, sexual debut occurring at an earlier age
Kizito Omona, Jonathan Kizito Ssuka
doaj   +1 more source

Influences of parental monitoring and school connectedness on age at first sexual debut among unmarried female youth in Bedele town, Ethiopia: A survival analysis of timing using accelerated failure time model.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundThe age of first sexual debut among youth continues to attract interest as it marks the start of their exposure to a variety of sexual and reproductive health problems.
Gebiso Roba Debele, Dereje Tsegaye, Teshale Gemechu, Sabit Zenu Siraj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early sexual debut: prevalence and risk factors among secondary school students in Ido-ekiti, Ekiti state, South-West Nigeria. [PDF]

Afr Health Sci, 2017
Background: Early adolescent sexual activity remains a recurring problem with negative psychosocial and health outcomes. The age at sexual debut varies from place to place and among different individuals and is associated with varying factors.
Durowade KA, Babatunde OA, Omokanye LO, Elegbede OE, Ayodele LM, Adewoye KR, Adetokunbo S, Olomofe CO, Fawole AA, Adebola OE, Olaniyan TO.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effect of early sexual debut on high school completion in South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
Early sexual debut is of major concern because it is a correlate for health and economic shocks experienced in adulthood. In South Africa, this concern has provided impetus for research directed at the HIV and AIDS epidemic, teenage pregnancy, and the ...
A. V. Bengesai, H. T. A. Khan, Dube, Russell, R. Dube, Bengesai, Annah, Khan, Hafiz T.A.   +5 more
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Age at Sexual Debut and Multiple Sexual Partnerships among Adolescents in Nigeria: An Assessment of the Mediating Role of the Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Adolescents, 2021
Adolescents in Nigeria are at risk of plethora of ills arising from risky sexual behavior in the form of multiple sexual partnerships (MSP). Despite evidence linking MSPs to age at sexual debut, there is a dearth of research among adolescents and the ...
Oluwatobi Abel Alawode, Hassan Ogunwemimo, Miracle-Eunice Bolorunduro, Abayomi Folorunsho Awoleye   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual and marital trajectories and HIV infection among ever-married women in rural Malawi. [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To explore how sexual and marital trajectories are associated with HIV infection among ever-married women in rural Malawi. METHODS: Retrospective survey data and HIV biomarker data for 926 ever-married women interviewed in the Malawi Diffusion
Assche, S Bignami-Van, Reniers, G, Clark, S, Heymann, SJ, Bignami-Van Assche, S, Watkins, SC, Boileau, C, Poulin, M, Kohler, HP   +8 more
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Age at first sex in rural South Africa [PDF]

, 2009
Objectives: To identify factors associated with sexual debut and early age at first sex (AFS) among young men and women (12–25 years) in a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV in rural South Africa.
McGrath, N., Newell, M-L, McGrath, N, Hosegood, V, M Nyirenda, Newell, M., M-L Newell, Nyirenda, M., Hosegood, V., Nyirenda, M, N McGrath, V Hosegood   +11 more
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RIESGO SEXUAL EN ADOLESCENTES SEGÚN LA EDAD DE DEBUT SEXUAL

Acta Colombiana de Psicología, 2014
In Spain young people have their first sexual intercourse at an earlier age than in other countries; however, little is known about the relationship between age of sexual debut and sexual behavior in this population.
Espada, José P., Morales, Alexandra, Orgilés, Mireia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Sexual Debut and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Central Africa [PDF]

, 2017
Background: A variety of studies identified early sexual debut as a significant risk factor for HIV infection, particularly among young African women. However, little is known about this relationship in Central Africa.
Kibangou, Emerencienne
core   +1 more source