Risky Sexual Behaviours among School-going Adolescent in Malaysia-Findings from National Health and Morbidity Survey 2017

Journal of environmental science and public health Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.26502/JESPH.96120059

Noor Aliza Lodz, Mohd Hatta Abd Mutalip, Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud, Maria Awaluddin S, N. Yoep, F. Paiwai, Mohd Hazrin Hashim, Maisarah Omar, Noraida Mohamad Kasim, Noor Ani Ahmad

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Sexual activities among adolescents poses to sexually transmitted infection (STI) and also unintended pregnancies. This study aims to determine the prevalence of risky sexual activities among school going adolescent in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study with a total of 27,497 secondary school students was done in March-April 2017. A self-administered structured and validated questionnaire was given to answer. The prevalence of ever had sex among adolescents in Malaysia was 7.3% and mostly among males and Indians. The associated factors to sexual activity among adolescents include ever used drugs with aOR=10.201 and ever smoked aOR=1.628. Among those who ever had sex, 87.3% did not use condom, 16.6% had multiple sexual partners and 31.7% had sex before the age of 14 years. The risky sexual behaviours are relatively high among these adolescents. Sexual health educations and programmes in school is vital to prevent any sexual-health related issues among adolescents.

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马来西亚学龄青少年的危险性行为——2017年全国健康和发病率调查结果

青少年的性活动容易引起性传播感染和意外怀孕。本研究旨在确定马来西亚在校青少年中危险性活动的流行程度。2017年3月至4月，对27,497名中学生进行了一项横断面研究。给出了一份自我管理的结构化和有效的问卷来回答。马来西亚青少年中曾经发生过性行为的患病率为7.3%，主要是男性和印度人。影响青少年性行为的相关因素包括曾吸毒(aOR=10.201)和曾吸烟(aOR=1.628)。在有过性行为的人中，87.3%没有使用安全套，16.6%有多个性伴侣，31.7%在14岁之前发生过性行为。这些青少年的危险性行为相对较高。在学校开展性健康教育和规划对于预防青少年中出现任何与性健康有关的问题至关重要。

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