Sexual activity, contraceptive practice and abortion among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Odujinrin, O.M.T.

doi:10.1016/0020-7292(91)90605-5

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“…The higher prevalence of IVDU among boys found in this study is similarly to data from previous studies [17,19]. [14,20]. Sexual intercourse with multiple partners as found in this study is similar to the results of previous studies [9,13,14,20].…”

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Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Aomreore¹,

Alikor²

2008

African Journal of Health Sciences

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SUMMARYThe paper intended to find the prevalence of HIV infection risk-related behaviours among third year senior secondary school students in Port Harcourt metropolis. A cross-sectional survey among 1800 third year senior secondary school students randomly selected from thirteen secondary schools in Port Harcourt metropolis was done using two-stage sampling technique. Demographic data and information on the sexual behaviour of each student in the study group was obtained from self-administered structured questionnaire. The prevalence of sexual intercourse was 61.1%. Males were more sexually active than females. Age of first sexual intercourse was 13.2±5.6 years for males and 13.9±4.1 years for females. Of the sexually active students, 32.6% had multiple sexual partners. Sexual activity of the students did not increase with age. The prevalence of Intravenous drug use (IVDU) was found to be 1.4%. The use of intravenous drugs was more among the males (80.8%) than among the females. The prevalence of blood transfusion is 10.3%. Among the sexually active students only 437 (36.9%) used condom. Sex of student, social class and school gender were significant predictors of ever-had sexual activity. The paper concludes that the prevalence of sexual behaviour related to the development of HIV/AIDS amongst the students is high. The need to highlight HIV/AIDS education programmes in the school curriculum of adolescents is discussed. [Afr J Health Sci. 2008; 15:42-49]

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“…[14,20]. Sexual intercourse with multiple partners as found in this study is similar to the results of previous studies [9,13,14,20].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Aomreore¹,

Alikor²

2008

African Journal of Health Sciences

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“…About 35% of female adolescents in Lagos and a higher proportion of males report that they maintain more than one sexual partner within non-marital relations. 11 Similarly in Benin, 35% of adolescent schoolgirls had multiple sexual partners 8 , while in Lagos 75% of sexually active adolescent students indicated that they had more than two partners. 5 Among adolescent university students in Ibadan, 48% had multiple sexual partners.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reproductive Knowledge, Sexual Behaviour and Contraceptive Use among Adolescents in Niger State of Nigeria

Sunmola¹,

Dipeolu²,

Babalola³

et al. 2003

African Journal of Reproductive Health

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Code Number: rh03007 ABSTRACT Eight hundred and ninety six adolescents aged 11-25 years were recruited into this study using a multi-stage random sampling method. Overall, about 33% of them had already had first sexual experience but more males than females reported having experienced first sexual encounter. Only 3.6% of the respondents were married. One half of the sexually experienced adolescents had more than one sexual partner at the time of the study. Majority of the respondents (91.9%) had heard about HIV/AIDS and at least a STD. A wide disparity was found in knowledge and use of the contraceptive methods studied, ranging from 41.9% to 63.8% for knowledge and from 0.7% to 12.5% for use. Knowledge and use of condom was highest. For prevention of HIV/AIDS, more males than females thought condom was useful. More Gwari and Hausa respondents claimed that they did not use any family planning method during their first sexual relationship than Yoruba and Igbo respondents. There is need for reproductive health programmes to intensify efforts towards improving adolescents' attitudes to risky sexual behaviours and motivate them to undertake behaviours that would limit such risks. Les comportements reproductifs, sexuels et contraceptifs des adolescents dans l'Etat de Niger au Nigéria. Huit cent quatre-vingt-seize adolescents âgés de 11-25 ans ont été recrutés pour faire partie de cette étude qui a été effectué à l'aide de la méthode d'échantillonnage à multiples étapes. D'ensemble, environ 33% d'eux avaient déjà eu un premier rapport sexuel, mais il y avaient plus des hommes qui avaient déclaré avoir eu une première expérience du rapport sexuel. Seuls 3,6% des interrogés étaient mariés. La moitié des adolescents qui étaient sexuellement expérimentés avaient plus d'un partenaire sexuel au moment où l'étude a été menée. La majorité des interrogés (91,9%) étaient au courant de l'existence du VIH/SIDA et au moins d'une MST. Il y avait un grand écart entre la connaissance et l'emploi des méthodes contraceptives, qui allait de 41,9% jusqu'à 63,8% pour la connaissance et de 0,7% à 12,5% pour l'emploi. La connaissance et l'emploi du préservatif étaient les plus élevés. Quant à la prévention du VIH/SIDA, il y avait plus des hommes que des femmes qui ont pensé que le préservatif était utile. Plus des interrogés d'origine gwari et haoussa que les interrogés d'origine yorubas et ibo ont déclaré qu'ils n'avaient pas employé la méthode de planification familiale au cours de leurs premiers rapports sexuels. Il faut que les programmes de la santé reproductive intensifient leurs efforts vers l'amélioration des attitudes des adolescents envers les comportements sexuels à risque et de les motiver de façon à ce qu'ils puissent se comporter de manière à réduire de tels risques. (Rev Afr Santé Reprod 2003; 7[1]: 37-48)

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“…Other studies on social aspects focus on describing characteristics of the aborting women and their partners, their sexual behaviour and why they were unsuccessful in avoiding an unwanted pregnancy. [9][10][11] The ambition of this study has been to understand unsafe abortions as an outcome of social relations influenced by largescale processes such as poverty and insecurity as well as an evolution in the relationship between the generations. In this article we are seeking to describe how abortion among youth is inevitably linked to social processes and phenomena like individualisation and the economic development.…”

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The Social Context of Induced Abortions among Young Couples in Côte d'Ivoire

Svanemyr¹,

Sundby²

2007

African Journal of Reproductive Health

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The background of the study is the very high prevalence of mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan countries due to abortions induced by unsafe methods. This paper draws on fieldwork conducted in 1998 and 1999 in the city of Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire. The study is based upon qualitative semi-structured interviews with men and women. This paper presents some case stories based on interviews with young women having had an abortion, or with men having had a young partner who has had an abortion, both married and unmarried. It discusses how illegally induced abortion may be understood in relation to ongoing social processes characterised by economic hardship and tensions between the sexes and generations. One important finding is that the young often choose abortion because they cannot count on economic and practical assistance from parents in feeding and raising the child. Parents are also often pushing their children to have an abortion. RÉSUMÉ Le contexte social de l'avortement provoqué chez les jeunes couples en Côte d'IvoireCette étude trouve sa justification dans la très haute prévalence de la mortalité et de la morbidité dans les pays subsahariens causée par les avortements provoqués à travers des méthodes dangereuses. Cet article se fonde sur les recherches menées sur le terrain en 1998 et 1999 dans la ville de Bouaké en Côte d'Ivoire. L'étude est basée sur des interviews semistructurées qualitatives auprès des hommes et des femmes. Cet article présente des basées sur les interviews auprès des femmes qui ont eu un avortement ou bien amprès des hommes qui ont eu un jeune partenaire qui ont eu un avortement, mariées et non-mariées. Il étudie comment l'avortement provoqué illégalement peut être compris par rapport aux processus sociaux en cours qui sont caractérisés par la souffrance économique et les tensions entre les genres et les générations. Une importante découverte est que les jeunes choisissent souvent l'avortement parce qu'ils ne peuvent pas compter sur leurs parents pour l'aide economique et pratique pour nourrir et pour élever l'enfant. Les parents poussent souvent leurs enfants à avoir un avortement. (Rev Afr Santé Reprod 2007; 11[2]:13-23

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Sexual activity, contraceptive practice and abortion among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 35 publications

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Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Prevalence of major HIV- risk related behaviour among SSS3 students in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

Reproductive Knowledge, Sexual Behaviour and Contraceptive Use among Adolescents in Niger State of Nigeria

The Social Context of Induced Abortions among Young Couples in Côte d'Ivoire

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