Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015
The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Mozambique. In the cross-sectional ‘Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)’, 1918 students aged 11–18 years from Mozambique responded to a questionnaire in 2015. More than half (57.4%) of the stu...
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doaj-22e49981186847b4a0b545afb9b5cc932021-03-02T14:23:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSAHARA-J1729-03761813-44242021-01-01181263210.1080/17290376.2020.18589471858947Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015Supa Pengpid0Karl Peltzer1Mahidol UniversityUniversity of the Free StateThe study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Mozambique. In the cross-sectional ‘Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)’, 1918 students aged 11–18 years from Mozambique responded to a questionnaire in 2015. More than half (57.4%) of the students ever had sex, 68.4% among boys and 45.8% among girls. Among students who ever had sex, 41.5% had early sexual debut (<14 years), 57.9% had multiple sexual partners, 25.0% had not used a condom and 42.0% had not used birth control at last sex, and 59.4% engaged in multiple sexual risk behaviour. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, alcohol use, school truancy, older age and male sex were associated with multiple sexual risk behaviours. A large number of adolescents in Mozambique reported sexual risk behaviours, emphasising the need for interventions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17290376.2020.1858947sexual behaviouradolescentshealth risk behaviourmozambique |
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Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015 |
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The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Mozambique. In the cross-sectional ‘Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)’, 1918 students aged 11–18 years from Mozambique responded to a questionnaire in 2015. More than half (57.4%) of the students ever had sex, 68.4% among boys and 45.8% among girls. Among students who ever had sex, 41.5% had early sexual debut (<14 years), 57.9% had multiple sexual partners, 25.0% had not used a condom and 42.0% had not used birth control at last sex, and 59.4% engaged in multiple sexual risk behaviour. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, alcohol use, school truancy, older age and male sex were associated with multiple sexual risk behaviours. A large number of adolescents in Mozambique reported sexual risk behaviours, emphasising the need for interventions. |
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sexual behaviour adolescents health risk behaviour mozambique |
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