青少年的性活动和避孕药使用:加纳市的一个描述性调查
Peter Boakye1, Evans Adaboh1, Alberta Yemotsoo Lomotey1
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
PLOS global public health
|August 25, 2025
概括
青少年的性活动和避孕药的使用是常见的,意识显著增加了吸收. 综合性教育和同龄人辅导对于解决早期性行为及其后果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康
- 青少年的公共卫生
- 性生活的社会学
背景情况:
- 青少年的性行为是全球性的重大公共卫生问题,特别是在发展中国家.
- 青少年早期的性行为和不一致的避孕措施导致意外怀孕和性传播感染.
- 尽管人们对现代避孕方法的认识很高,但实际使用仍然不足以满足这一群体的需求.
研究的目的:
- 评估高中青少年的性活动和避孕药使用模式.
- 确定影响这一群体使用避孕药的关键预测因素.
- 为青少年提供有针对性的生殖健康干预数据.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及330名SHS青少年的横截面研究使用了简单的随机抽样.
- 通过描述性统计,皮尔森的千平方测试和二进制后勤回归来分析数据.
- 研究了社会人口统计学,性活动和避孕意识变量与避孕药使用之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 超过一半的性活跃青少年在10-14岁之间开始性行为,其中79.4%的人报告先前使用避孕药 (主要是避孕套和避孕药).
- 对避孕药的认识是一个显著的预测因素,性活跃的青少年对避孕药的认识显示出更高的使用率 (AOR=6. 686).
- 在15至19岁的参与者中发现了亲密关系 (50.3%) 和性交 (38%) 的普遍性.
结论:
- 青少年早开始性行为和使用避孕药,突显了对可获得的生殖健康服务的迫切需要.
- 增加对避孕方法的认识与性活跃青少年使用避孕方法的增加密切相关.
- 建议进行全面的性教育和同龄人咨询,以减轻与早期性活动相关的风险,并促进一致的避孕措施使用.
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