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Title The role of the environment in the sexual activity of school students in Tororo and Pallisa districts of Uganda
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41159
Date 1997
Author(s) Twa-Twa, Jeremiahs M.
Abstract Several models of adolescent sexual activity have previously been published and most of them suggest two basic components, biological and sociological. This article highlights important environmental factors in shaping the sexual behaviour of the school-going youth in Uganda. Students in education levels Senior 1 to 6 participated in the study. Information was collected from self-response structured questionnaires, focus-group discussions, and discussions with teachers. Student respondents were randomly selected. The study found that 65 per cent of male and 32 per cent of the female unmarried secondary school students had sexual experience. Of the sexually active youth, 49 per cent of the males and 25 per cent of the females had multiple sexual partners. Four main environmental factors appear to be important in shaping school students' sexual activity in Uganda today: parental care, peer influence, economic factors and AIDS education. Some elements accelerate and others suppress sexual activity. - no
Subject(s) Uganda; sexual activity; AIDS; adolescence; adolescent sexuality; mdcn-epdm; mdcn-pblc
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 103353 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier Suppl.; 67-81; Health Transition Review; 7; 1997; 435
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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