加拿大15-17岁的青少年从哪里得到性健康信息?
Michelle Rotermann1, Alexander McKay2
1Health Analysis Division, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch, Statistics Canada.
Health reports
|January 17, 2024
概括
大多数加拿大青少年从学校和家长那里获得性健康信息,但许多人缺乏一个成人来讨论青春期和性健康. 了解这些来源是改善青少年性健康资源的关键.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性健康教育 性健康教育
背景情况:
- 正式的性健康教育 (学校,父母) 与更安全的性行为有关.
- 朋友和互联网等非正式来源提供信息,但质量各不相同.
- 加拿大青少年性健康信息来源的全国代表性数据以前是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 为加拿大15-17岁的青少年确定性健康信息的常见来源.
- 为了确定青少年缺乏成年人信任的性健康讨论的患病率.
- 探索与信息来源利用和缺乏成年人支持相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了2019年加拿大儿童和青少年健康调查的加权数据.
- 分析了15至17岁的加拿大青少年的信息来源.
- 检查了没有成年人讨论性健康和青春期的患病率和特征.
主要成果:
- 几乎所有青少年 (96.6%) 报告至少有一个性健康信息来源.
- 学校 (55.6%) 和家长 (51.2%) 是最常见的来源,其次是互联网 (45.9%) 和朋友 (36.2%).
- 大约15%的青少年报告说,没有任何成年人可以与他们谈论性健康或青春期,这取决于人口统计和人际关系.
结论:
- 大多数加拿大青少年利用多种来源获取性健康信息,而正式道普遍存在.
- 显著的少数青少年缺乏关键的成年人对性健康讨论的支持.
- 需要有针对性的战略来加强准确的性健康促进和教育的获取,特别是针对弱势群体.
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