Substance use and early sexual initiation: a study among Brazilian school-aged adolescents.
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DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2025.2549792
Abstract: Abstract Adolescence is a critical period of biopsychosocial development often marked by engagement in risk behaviors, including psychoactive substance use and early sexual initiation. Emerging evidence suggests a robust association between these behaviors, particularly early… read more here.
Keywords: substance use; early sexual; use early; sexual initiation ... See more keywords
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Early Sexual Initiation among College Students in Southwest Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/8855276
Abstract: Background Early age at first sexual practice is a public health issue and now common around the world especially in the developing countries. The development of effective strategies to reduce the adverse consequences of early… read more here.
Keywords: sexual initiation; initiation among; early sexual; college students ... See more keywords
Spatial distribution and determinants of Early sexual initiation in Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19057-w
Abstract: : Early sexual initiation has negative health, social, and economic consequences for both women and future generations. The trend of early sexual initiation is increasing globally, leading to higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases and… read more here.
Keywords: early sexual; post; spatial distribution; sexual initiation ... See more keywords
Geographical variations of early age sexual initiation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016
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DOI: 10.1186/s13690-020-00411-4
Abstract: Background The early age of sexual initiation contribute a lot for various risks such as mistimed pregnancy followed by insecure termination, developing fistula and contracting sexually transmitted infections which are currently the major public health… read more here.
Keywords: age; early age; sexual initiation; reproductive age ... See more keywords
Factors influencing early sexual initiation among hill tribe youths in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand: A community-based cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321083
Abstract: Background Early sexual initiation before the age of 15 years, prior to full physical and mental maturity, can lead to several problems, including sexually transmitted diseases. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of and… read more here.
Keywords: hill tribe; age; initiation; sexual initiation ... See more keywords
Early Sexual Debut and Neighborhood Social Environment in Latinx Youth
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-050861
Abstract: OBJECTIVES To examine whether social aspects of the neighborhood environment are associated with early sexual initiation in a California agricultural community of predominantly Latinx adolescents. METHODS In a prospective cohort study of 599 eighth graders… read more here.
Keywords: environment; early sexual; neighborhood social; sexual initiation ... See more keywords
Early Sexual Initiation Is Associated with Suicide Attempts among Chinese Young People
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19073966
Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the association between early sexual initiation and suicide attempts (SAs) among Chinese young people. Our analysis included 9131 college students who had sexual experience from a national sample of 31… read more here.
Keywords: young people; early sexual; suicide attempts; sexual initiation ... See more keywords
Influence of Selected Sociodemographic and Cultural Factors on the Age of Sexual Initiation of Students from Polish Universities
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043468
Abstract: Sexuality is the one of the most important parts of human life. The aim of our study was to identify the factors influencing the onset and age of sexual initiation in students and drawing attention… read more here.
Keywords: factors influencing; age; sexual initiation; initiation students ... See more keywords
Sexual Abuse and Sexually-Transmitted HIV/AIDS in Jamaican Children and Adolescents Aged 6-19 Years.
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DOI: 10.3855/jidc.12156
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Risk factors and outcomes of sexually-acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection were characterized in Jamaican children and adolescents. METHODOLOGY Management was carried out by multidisciplinary teams in Infectious Diseases clinics during August 2003 through February… read more here.
Keywords: hiv; sexual initiation; jamaican children; children adolescents ... See more keywords
Effect of early sexual initiation on early high fertility, termination of pregnancy and child death in Ethiopia using Ethiopian DHS 2000-2016
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DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v24i2.29
Abstract: Background Early sexual initiation is defined as an experience of first sexual intercourse before the age of 18 years. Young girls in sub-Saharan countries initiate sex at early age and are suffering from unintended pregnancy,… read more here.
Keywords: early sexual; pregnancy; child death; sexual initiation ... See more keywords