Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among adolescents in the refugee camps in Tigray, northern Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective Premarital sexual practice during adolescence time may lead to different sexual and reproductive health problems including HIV/AIDS. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of premarital sexual practice and associated factors among ...
Hailay Gebreyesus +6 more
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Premarital sexual practice and associated factors among high school youths in Debretabor town, South Gondar zone, North West Ethiopia, 2017 [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective Premarital sex is voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons. Prevalence and factors associated with premarital sexual practice in the study area are lacking.
Wondmnew Lakew Arega +2 more
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Premarital sexual practice and its predictors among university students: institution based cross sectional study [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Adolescents are susceptible to different social, peer and cultural pressures that Drives them into earlier sexual experimentation. Despite the fact that delaying sexual activity until marriage reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS and various ...
Mohammed Akibu +3 more
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International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022 Background: Premarital sex is penetrative sexual intercourse between couples before formal marriage. In higher institutions, students practiced risky sexual behaviors. These risky sexual behaviors lead them to sexually transmitted diseases and unintended
Girma Teferi Mengistu +4 more
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Psychosocial predictors of attitude toward premarital sexual practice among university students, Ethiopia [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyObjectivesPremarital sexual practice during adolescence may lead to different sexual and reproductive health problems, including HIV/AIDS. The objective of this study was to assess psychosocial predictors of attitudes toward premarital sex among Bahir ...
Yordanos Yibeltal Yedemie
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Self-esteem, peer pressure, and demographic predictors of attitude toward premarital sexual practice among first-year students of Woldia University: Implications for psychosocial intervention [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Adolescence is s period of storm and stress mainly caused by dramatic social, emotional, biological, and psychological changes. Unless supported and guided by parents, teachers, peers, and other stakeholders, they may be exposed to a variety of risky ...
Wossen Ayalew Tegegne
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Knowledge, Attitude and Perception of Risk and Preventive Behaviors toward Premarital Sexual Practice among In-School Adolescents. [PDF]
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ, 2020 Premarital Sexual Practice (PSP) among adolescents usually involves sexually risky behaviors, such as multiple sexual partners and inconsistent or non-condom use. These behaviors, in combination with other underlining factors, undermine the overall outcomes of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH).
Yau S, Wongsawat P, Songthap A.
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Prevalence of premarital sexual practice and associated factors among undergraduate health science students of Madawalabu University, Bale Goba, South East Ethiopia: institution based cross sectional study [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 INTRODUCTION: several studies in Sub- Saharan Africa have documented high and increasing premarital sexual activities among adolescents. Most young people face social, peer and cultural pressure to engage in premarital sex.
Tomas Benti Teferra +2 more
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Spatial distribution of informal sexual relationships among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Globally, more than 1 million new sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) are acquired every day, posing a serious threat to world health as a result of informal sexual activities such as multi-partner sexual practices and premarital sexual ...
Dagne Deresa Dinagde +2 more
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Premarital Sex among JHS Students in Ashanti Region of Ghana: Some Lessons for Christian Advocacy [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2022 Youth engagement in premarital sexual practice is reported to be increasing globally. This is not different in Ghana. In Ghana, the Ashanti Region is reported to have the highest rate of teenage pregnancy.
Kenneth Oppong +3 more
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