15 research outputs found
Swedish high school students' knowledge and attitudes regarding fertility and family building
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Infertility is a serious problem for those who suffer. Some of the risks for infertility are preventable and the individual should therefore have knowledge of them. The purposes of this study were to investigate high-school students' knowledge about fertility, plans for family building and to compare views and knowledge between female and male students.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A questionnaire containing 34 items was answered by 274 students. Answers from male and female students were compared using student's <it>t</it>-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney <it>U</it>-test for non-normal distributions. The chi-square test was used to compare proportions of male and female students who answered questions on nominal and ordinal scales. Differences were considered as statistically significant at a <it>p</it>-value of 0.05.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Analyses showed that 234 (85%) intended to have children. Female students felt parenthood to be significantly more important than male students: <it>p </it>= <it><</it>0.01. The mean age at which the respondents thought they would like to start to build their family was 26 (± 2.9) years. Men believed that women's fertility declined significantly later than women did: <it>p </it>= <it><</it>0.01. Women answered that 30.7% couples were involuntarily infertile and men answered 22.5%: <it>p </it>= <it><</it>0.01. Females thought it significantly more likely that they would consider IVF or adoption than men, <it>p = </it>0.01. Men felt they were more likely to abstain from having children than women: <it>p = <</it>0.01. Women believed that body weight influenced fertility significantly more often than men: <it>p = <</it>0.01 and men believed significantly more often that smoking influenced fertility: <it>p </it>= 0.03. Both female and male students answered that they would like to have more knowledge about the area of fertility.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Young people plan to start their families when the woman's fertility is already in decline. Improving young people's knowledge about these issues would give them more opportunity to take responsibility for their sexual health and to take an active role in shaping political change to improve conditions for earlier parenthood.</p
The voice of non-pregnant women on alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a focus group study among women in Sweden
InĂcio da vida sexual na adolescĂȘncia e relaçÔes de gĂȘnero: um estudo transversal em SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil, 2002 Sexual debut in adolescence and gender relations: a cross-sectional study in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, 2002
Trata-se de estudo transversal com o objetivo de identificar os diferenciais de gĂȘnero presentes no inĂcio da vida sexual de adolescentes. Foram entrevistados 406 adolescentes de 15 a 19 anos de idade inscritos em uma unidade de saĂșde da famĂlia da zona leste do MunicĂpio de SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil, entre maio e dezembro de 2002. Quase a metade dos adolescentes jĂĄ havia iniciado sua vida sexual, em mĂ©dia aos 15 anos de idade, fossem homens ou mulheres. O inĂcio da vida sexual ocorreu, em grande parte, de forma nĂŁo planejada (72,7%) e dentro de casa (86,1%). O uso de um mĂ©todo contraceptivo na primeira relação sexual foi similar entre homens e mulheres (61,0%), entretanto, foi observado um aumento maior na proporção de uso de algum anticonceptivo entre os homens na Ășltima relação sexual. Pelo fato de terem iniciado sua vida sexual em relacionamentos estĂĄveis com vĂnculos afetivo-amorosos, as mulheres mostraram-se mais vulnerĂĄveis Ă s DST/AIDS, pois substituĂram o preservativo masculino por outros mĂ©todos na Ășltima relação sexual, enquanto os homens permaneceram utilizando largamente o condom, provavelmente por estarem inseridos em relacionamentos nĂŁo estĂĄveis.<br>This cross-sectional study aimed to assess gender differences in adolescents in relation to onset of sexual activity. A total of 406 15-19-year-old adolescents from a family health unit in the city of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed from May to December 2002. Nearly half had already had their first sexual intercourse, at a mean age of 15, independently of gender. Sexual debut was usually unplanned (72.7%) and inside the home (86.1%). An equal proportion (61.0%) of males and females used some contraceptive method in their first sexual intercourse; however, more males had used a contraceptive method in their most recent intercourse. Having initiated their sexual activity in stable, affective relationships, females proved to be more vulnerable to STD/ AIDS, since they switched from condoms to the pill in their subsequent sexual activity. Male adolescents continued to use mostly condoms, probably because they were involved mainly in non-stable relationships
PrĂĄticas contraceptivas entre jovens universitĂĄrias: o uso da anticoncepção de emergĂȘncia
Individual- and Family-Level Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Swedish- and Foreign-Born Young Adults 18â30 Years of Age, Residing in SkĂ„ne, Sweden
Girls experiencing sexual intercourse early: Could it play a part in reproductive health in middle adulthood?
Exploring associations between exposure to sexy online self-presentations and adolescentsâ sexual attitudes and behavior
Previous research suggests that adolescentsâ social network site use is related to their sexual development. However, the associations between adolescentsâ exposure to sexy self-presentations of others on social network sites and their sexual attitudes and experience have not yet been empirically supported. This study investigated reciprocal longitudinal relationships between adolescentsâ exposure to othersâ sexy self-presentations on social network sites and their sexual attitudes (i.e., sexual objectification of girls and instrumental attitudes towards sex) and sexual experience. We further tested whether these associations depended on adolescentsâ age and gender. Results from a representative two-wave panel study among 1,636 Dutch adolescents (aged 13-17, 51.5 % female) showed that exposure to sexy online self-presentations of others predicted changes in adolescentsâ experience with oral sex and intercourse 6 months later, but did not influence their sexual attitudes. Adolescentsâ instrumental attitudes towards sex, in turn, did predict their exposure to othersâ sexy online self-presentations. Sexual objectification increased such exposure for younger adolescents, but decreased exposure for older adolescents. In addition, adolescentsâ experience with genital touching as well as oral sex (only for adolescents aged 13-15) predicted their exposure to sexy self-presentations of others. These findings tentatively suggest that the influence on adolescentsâ sexual attitudes previously found for sexual media content may not hold for sexy self-presentations on social network sites. However, exposure to sexy self-presentations on social network sites is motivated by adolescentsâ sexual attitudes and behavior, especially among young adolescents