Level of Parent Adolescent Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues and Associated Factors among Debre Markos Preparatory School Students, in Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam, Zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: World Health Organization defines adolescents as those in the age group of 10-19. While parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health communication is one potential source of sexual and reproductive health information for adolescents. But, it appears to be inadequately practiced in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess level of parent adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and associated factors among Debre Markos preparatory school students in Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among preparatory school students from 22 sections in Debre Markos Town from December 15/2016-March to 15/2017. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 394 participants from 1653 total students. Self-administered questionnaire was employed. Results: A total of 394 students were participated in our study from Debre Markos preparatory school. Of these, 232 (58.9%) were males and 162 (41.1%) were females. The study showed that communication between adolescence and parent was 114 (28.9%), from this majority of students preferred to discuss with their mothers (42.1%) than others. Knowledge about reproductive health issues [AOR= 4.106 95% CI: 2.328, 7.243)] and knowledge about contraceptive [AOR=2.119 95% CI: (1.107, 4.054] had significant association .Conclusion: This study revealed that parent adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues is inadequate. Therefore, there is a need to equip and educate parents and students on different sexual and reproductive health issues to prevent adolescences from risk sexual behaviors.

Exploring issues in caregivers and parent communication of sexual and reproductive health matters with adolescents in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

“…However, a few adolescents reported they have had SRH discussions with their mothers; though not statistically significant, more girls reported having had this discussion with mothers, compared to boys. Studies on parentchild communication have reported mothers as the usual (sometimes only) source of parental communication about SRH matters [4,18]. In-depth exploration of the contents and triggers of parent-child communication revealed that discussions often centred on pubertal changes, relationship with opposite sex, abstinence from premarital sex, and teenage pregnancy and abortion, and were triggered by environmental factors such as unpleasant or tragic occurrences in the community and parental observations of budding relationships between adolescents of opposite sex.…”

Parent’s Perception regarding the Delivery of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Education in Secondary Schools in Fiji: A Qualitative Study

“…e caretakers failed to communicate to their adolescent children sensitive topics such as on condoms and contraception and did so on less sensitive topics such as abstinence. Additionally, the pattern of communication varied across the genders of the caretakers/parents and that of the adolescents and depended on the nature of the relationship shared between the two [34][35][36].…”

Adolescent-Parent Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health issues in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…Characteristics of included studies : Full-text cross-sectional articles written in English and published from 2000–2019 were studied in a different part of Ethiopia; of twenty studies, 6 (30%) of them were done in Amhara region ( 12 , 14 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 28 ), 5 (25%) in Southern Nation Nationality People Region (SNNPR) ( 21 , 24 , 26 , 30 , 31 ), 3(15%), 3(15%) in Oromia region ( 11 , 23 , 27 ), 3(15%) in Tigray ( 22 , 25 , 29 ), 2(10%) in Harar region ( 15 , 17 ), 1(5%) in Benishangul Gumuz region ( 18 ) and 1(5%) in Dire Dawa ( 13 ). In the included articles, 14 articles were school-based cross-sectional studies whereas 6 of them were community-based cross-sectional studies.…”

“…Parents-adolescents communication on sexual and reproductive health issues : In most reviewed studies, the level of adolescent-parent communication on SRH issues was dominantly reported within the ranges from 25.3% to 36.9% ( 11 – 15 , 17 – 19 , 21 , 24 , 28 – 30 ). In one study, the level of communication on the SRH issue was high which accounted for 82.7% ( 16 ).…”

“…Communication on unwanted pregnancy : In the included studies, the majority of the studies reported that less than one-third of adolescents had communication on associated risk aspect of unwanted pregnancy ( 12 – 14 , 17 , 19 , 22 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 31 ). In three studies, more than half (52.9% to 56.2%) of adolescents had communication with their parents on unwanted pregnancy ( 16 , 18 , 21 , 31 ).…”