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- Feb 11, 2006
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Sexual activities are increasingly changing from the cultural point of view what they used to be. Knowledge of these practices among adolescents may be a basis to create awareness among adolescents on practices that involve risks.
This study aims to assess sexual practices among unmarried adolescents in Tanzania.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among in-school and out-of-school but unmarried adolescents aged 10 to 19 in five locations in Tanzania. A questionnaire was used to collect information and to characterize sexual practices among these adolescents.
Results: About 32% of adolescents reported being sexually active; a higher proportion being males than females.
The only inquired and reported sexual practices include vaginal sex, masturbation, oral and anal sex. About 15% of sexually active adolescents reported having multiple sexual partners.
Significantly more males reported having multiple partners than females. Nearly 42% of sexually active adolescents reported having used a condom during most recent sexual act.
Females reported older partners at first sexual act.
Conclusion: Adolescents experience several sexual practices that include penetrative and non-penetrative. More males reported being sexually active than females.
Despite adolescents reporting having multiple sexual partners, reported condom use during the most recent sexual act was low. We advocate for a more enhanced approach of reproductive health education that includes safer sex to adolescents without forgetting those in-schools.
Author: Method Kazaura
Credits/Source: BMC Public Health 2009, 9:373
This study aims to assess sexual practices among unmarried adolescents in Tanzania.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among in-school and out-of-school but unmarried adolescents aged 10 to 19 in five locations in Tanzania. A questionnaire was used to collect information and to characterize sexual practices among these adolescents.
Results: About 32% of adolescents reported being sexually active; a higher proportion being males than females.
The only inquired and reported sexual practices include vaginal sex, masturbation, oral and anal sex. About 15% of sexually active adolescents reported having multiple sexual partners.
Significantly more males reported having multiple partners than females. Nearly 42% of sexually active adolescents reported having used a condom during most recent sexual act.
Females reported older partners at first sexual act.
Conclusion: Adolescents experience several sexual practices that include penetrative and non-penetrative. More males reported being sexually active than females.
Despite adolescents reporting having multiple sexual partners, reported condom use during the most recent sexual act was low. We advocate for a more enhanced approach of reproductive health education that includes safer sex to adolescents without forgetting those in-schools.
Author: Method Kazaura
Credits/Source: BMC Public Health 2009, 9:373
