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cross-sectional·public health, epidemiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine·PMC10630037

Sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people in the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 11 authors, 6 centres

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Risk factors included being female, older age, and lower socio-economic status.

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It assessed three self-reported sexual behaviours: ever having sex, non-use of a condom at last sex, and ever being pregnant or getting someone pregnant. The key results show that 42% reported ever having sex, 64% did not use a condom at last sex, and 41% reported a pregnancy. The proportion of condom non-use was highest (93%) among the 10-14-year-olds who had ever had sex.

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PMC10630037

Sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people in the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal

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Summary Objective This paper describes sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people. Design The study design is cross-sectional. Setting Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana's Shai-Osudoku and Ningo Prampram districts. Participants Young people aged 10 to 24 years, median age 17 years. Outcome measures Self-reported to have ever had sex, non-use of a condom at last sex, and ever been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant. Results Of the 1689 young people; 42% reported having ever had sex, not using a condom at last sexual activity (64%), and ever been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant (41%). The proportion of non-use of condoms at last sex was high across all age groups but was highest (93%) in a small proportion of 10 to 14-year-olds who have ever had sex. Higher proportions of females than males; were reported to have ever had sex (46%), not using a condom at their last sex (66%) and ever been pregnant or getting someone pregnant (56%). Age group (20 to 24), females, primary or junior high school, living alone and lower household socio-economic status were risk factors associated with all three outcome measures. Conclusion Risky sexual behaviour is high among young people in the Dodowa HDSS. Therefore, interventions that promote safer sexual practices and help young people make timely decisions on their sexual and reproductive health care needs are required. Funding No funding was obtained for this paper Keywords: young people, sexual behaviour, condom use, pregnancy, socio-economic status

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Mary P Agyekum, Enoch O Agyekum, Alexander Adjei et al.. Sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people in the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal. (2022). https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v56i3s.6

AUTHORS

11 · 6 CENTRES

Mary P Agyekum, Enoch O Agyekum, Alexander Adjei, Kwabena Asare, David E Akpakli, Sabina Asiamah, Irene Tsey, Georgina Amankwah, Alfred K Manyeh, John E O Williams, David A Ross

1 Dodowa Health Research Centre/Ghana Health Service, Dodowa, Ghana
2 World Bank, Ghana Office
3 School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
4 School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
5 Institute of Health Research, the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana
6 Stellenbosch University, South Africa/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom