Sexual Behaviour of Congolese Teenagers
Sexual Behaviour of Congolese Teenagers作者机构：Faculté des Sciences de la Santé Université Marien Ngouabi Brazzaville Congo Service de pédiatrie nourrisson CHU de Brazzaville Brazzaville Congo
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》 (儿科学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第4期
页 面：656-668页
学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
主 题：Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviour Congo
摘 要：Introduction: Sexual risk behaviour among adolescents is a public health problem worldwide. Widely studied in the Western countries, this problem has only been addressed partially in Brazzaville. Thus, 12 years later, we conducted this study with the aim of analysing the sexual behaviour of adolescents in Congo. Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional and analytical study from January to August 2019 (8 months). It involved 2000 adolescents residing in the departments of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire constituting the urban population, and those of Cuvette and Bouenza, the rural population. Results: A total of 1167 adolescents reported being sexually active. The mean age at first sexual intercourse differed between the two sexes (p 0.0005). Of the adolescents surveyed 96.1% (n = 1122) claimed to have ever heard of HIV/AIDS infection and 8.7% (n = 101) to have ever contracted sexually transmitted infections. The main channel of information was school in 57.7%. Condoms were the only means of protection (85.5%). The factors associated with risky sexual behaviour were, on the one hand, those related to the adolescent (lack of schooling, orphan status, alcohol and tobacco consumption, paid employment and possession of a mobile phone). On the other hand, those related to parents (low level of education, mother’s employment status and single-parent household structure). The frequency of sexually active adolescents was similar in both settings (p 0.05). The rates of adolescents having ever heard of HIV/AIDS were almost similar with a slight predomin
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