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Age at sexual debut: a determinant of multiple partnership among South African youth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Age at sexual debut is an important determinant of HIV infection. The paper investigates the effects of age at sexual debut on sexual behaviour among South African youth. Among 2 875 respondents who ever had sexual intercourse, 39% had early sexual debut
Ketye, T.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Point of Vulnerability or Window of Opportunity? Toward a New View of Women’s Sexual Debut [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Research and guidance on the transition to intercourse has focused more on its timing than on its quality, and on avoiding sexual health risk more than fostering healthy sex.
Peragine, Diana E.
core   +1 more source

Early school failure predicts teenage pregnancy and marriage: A large population-based cohort study in northern Malawi.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundSchool dropout has been linked to early pregnancy and marriage but less is known about the effect of school performance. We aimed to assess whether school performance influenced age at sexual debut, pregnancy and marriage, and from what age ...
Judith R Glynn   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual Health Consequences of Forced Sexual Debut Among Ugandan Women in HIV Serodiscordant Partnerships: Results From the HAARP Study

open access: yes, 2018
Sexual coercion, especially forced sexual debut, is associated with lifelong adverse health consequences. This is compounded in regions, such as Uganda, where the dual impact of HIV and violence critically shapes women’s sexual health risks.
Wendy Zhang   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Standardized risk in 5th and 7th grade by timing of sexual debut and gender.

open access: yes, 2020
Standardized risk in 5th and 7th grade by timing of sexual debut and gender.
M. Brent Donnellan (6586637)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Contraceptive usage of female youth during their first sexual debut in Bedele town, Ethiopia.

open access: yes, 2022
Contraceptive usage of female youth during their first sexual debut in Bedele town, Ethiopia.
Teshale Gemechu (13155059)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adolescents

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2008
Background Early sexual debut among adolescents is associated with considerable negative heath and development outcomes. An understanding of the determinants or predictors of the timing of sexual debut is important for effective intervention, but very ...
Blum Robert W, Fatusi Adesegun O
doaj   +1 more source

Interdependence between sexual debut and church attendance in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
The influence of religion on an individual’s life-course in general – and on sexual behaviour in particular – has long been recognised by social scientists, although few studies have explored the reciprocal causal interdependence between religiosity and ...
Marcantonio Caltabiano   +2 more
core  

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

open access: yes, 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.
Kayode Razaq Adewoye   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Age at Sexual Debut as a Determinant of HPV Infection in Women with Clinically Normal Cervix in Indonesia

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Objectives: This study examined the association between sexual debut and HPV infection in Indonesian women with a clinically normal cervix, contextualized within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Methods: This prospective cohort study utilized
Tofan Widya Utami   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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