Assessment Of Exposure To Sexually Explicit Materials Effects On Early Sexual Initiation And Other Risky Sexual Behaviours Among Preparatory School Students In Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

Background: Adolescence is an important time in the life cycle of human being for establishingrnhealthy behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyles that contribute to current and future health. Globally,rnyouths and adolescents are more sexually active. One of the important factors for the present dayrnyouth and adolescents’ risky behaviors is exposure to electronic media which has explicitrncontent.rnObjective: To assess the prevalence of exposure to sexually explicit materials and its effect onrnearly sexual initiation and other risky sexual behaviours among preparatory school students inrnAddis Ababa, Ethiopia.rnMethod: Across-sectional descriptive study was conducted among randomly selected 1128rnregularly attending preparatory school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia using pre structuredrnself administered questionnaire and data was entered using EPI info version 3.1 software andrnanalysis was done using SPSS 20.rnResult: The overall proportion of students exposed to sexually explicit material was 528rn(51.67%) and male exposure (53.97%) was higher than female (46.03%) and146 (27.6%) ofrnstudents were exposed to sexually explicit material before celebrating their 15th birthday.rnSexually explicit material consumers were found to be 7 times more likely to have early sexualrninitiation as compared to non users [AOR (95% CI) 7.053(3.520 -12.122)].rnThe overall proportion of sexual initiation was 187(18.6%) and 131(70%) of students started sexrnbefore celebrating their 18th birthday as well as 116(88.55%) had history of exposure to sexuallyrnexplicit material. The overall proportion of oral and anal sex was 21(2.10%) and 25(2.50%)rnrespectively and of them 20 (89%) of students had oral sex and all 25 (100%) had anal sex, hadrnhistory of exposure to sexually explicit material.rnConclusion and Recommendation: Youths who were sexually active and exposed tornpornography more likely to perform mal and risky sexual act- oral and anal sex. Schools shouldrnestablish and strengthen school mini-media clubs and organize peer education programs. Alsornwell organize school based counseling program is crucial

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