Premarital Sexual Practice And Perception Of Sexual And Reproductive Health Risks Associated With It Among In-school Youths In Shoa Robit Town North Shoa Zone Amhara Region Ethiopia

Introduction: More than one billion people in the world are between the ages of 15 and 24, andrnmost live in developing countries. Unsafe sex is a major threat to the health and survival ofrnmillions of adolescents. Each year, one in 20 adolescents worldwide contracts an STI includingrnHIV/AIDS.rnObjectives: to assess premarital sexual practices and perception of sexual and reproductivernhealth risks associated with it among in-school youths of Shoa Robit town, North Shoa Zone,rnAmhara National Regional state, EthiopiarnMethod of the study: An Institution based cross-sectional study design including bothrnquantitative and qualitative surveys was used. To determine number of students to be included inrnthe study, a single population proportion formula was used based on the assumption of 19%rnprevalence (p) in school youth premarital sex by using design effect 1.5 and at 95% confidencerninterval with marginal error of 4%, and finally the sample size would be 540.rnResult: Of the calculated sample size, total of 508 respondents completely filled to thernquestionnaire in the study with response rate of 94.1%. Among a total participants 274(53.9%)rnwere females and 234 (46.1%) were males. Among the study subjects, 224 (44.1%) of themrnreported that they had premarital sexual intercourse at the time of the survey, of which 106rn(47.3%) for males and 118(52.7%) for females. The mean age of sexual intercourse was 17.5±rn1.5 years for males and 16.8± 1.4 years for females. Youths who come from urban were morernlikely experience sex than youths from rural (AOR=3.432; 95%CI=1.971, 5.965). Youths whorndrink alcohol, smoke cigarette, chew chat and watch pornographic films were more likelyrnexperience sex than who did not (AOR= 2.538; 95%CI=( (1.378-4.674), (AOR= 6.715;rn95%CI=1.422,31.711), ( AOR= 5.946; 95%CI=0.998, 35.445) and (AOR= 5.119; 95%CI=2.983,rn8.784) respectively.rnConclusion and recommendation: In general, from this particular study, we can conclude thatrnthe level of sexual and reproductive health risk perception towards STI including HIV/AIDS,rnamong in school youths is generally minimal. Consequently, risky sexual practices are widelyrnprevalent. School based information, education and behavioral change communicationrnintervention including life skill training should be given

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