Fetene, Nigusie (2016) The Effect of Youth Centers on Reduction of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Youth in Addis Ababa, 2016. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Introduction: Risky sexual behaviors negatively affect the health of adolescents and young adults putting them at high risk of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy for females, which may cause serious health consequences, social and economic problems. In addition, unwanted pregnancies may lead to school dropout and end up with unsafe abortion. No attempt was done to assess the effect of youth centers in reduction of risky sexual behaviors. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the difference in engagement of risky sexual behaviors between users and non-users of youth centers among youth in Addis Ababa. METHODS: A comparative cross-sectional study design was employed among 524 youth in Addis Ababa from September, 2015 to June, 2016. Multi-stage sampling was used to select youths from randomly selected sub cities. The data was cleaned, entered and analyzed through EPI-INFO 7 and SPSS version 16.0. First distribution of variables was presented by using tables and descriptive statistics to calculate some statistical datas and then logstic regressin model were used to measure magnitude of risky sexual behaviors among users and non-users. Results: Nearly half 254 (48%) of the respondents ever had sexual intercourse. The mean age of first sexual initiation was 18.56 (±3.019) years and about 37% of those who ever had sexual intercourse started it before the age of 18 years. Among those who ever had sex 47% of them never used condom. The over all prevalence of risky sexual behavior was 43.1% and the prevalence of risky sexual behavior among users and non-users were 38.5% and 47.7% respectively (P-value = 0.042). Utilization sataus of the youth center and age of the respondents were significantly associated with risky sexual behavior. Non-users of the youth center RH clinic were 1.570 times more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior compared to users of the youthcenter (AOR= 1.570; 95%CI = 1.056, 2.333). Youth aged 15-19 years were 92.1% less likely to practice risky sexual behavior compared to youth aged 25-29 years old (AOR = 0.079; 95%CI = 0.041, 0.376). Conclusion: A significant number of youths had risky sexual behavior that might lead them to different reproductive health risks. Non-users of the youth center were at a significantly higher risk of sexual behaviors than users.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Youth, Risky sexual behavior, Youth center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2018 12:23 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2018 12:23 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7774 |
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