ArticleBioMed research international2020
Risky Sexual Behavior and Associated Factors among Adolescents Aged 15-19 Years at Governmental High Schools in Aksum Town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019: An Institution-Based, Cross-Sectional Study.
Article in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of In-School and Out-of-School Adolescents.Public health reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Young People in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Unsafe sexual practice and associated factors among adolescents in secondary schools in Gambella town, Ethiopia: a health belief model.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Adolescents' engagement with comprehensive sexuality education in Zambian schools: implications for strengthening responses to risky sexual behaviours.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Promoting responsible sexual behaviour among school-going adolescents in Mpumalanga province in South Africa.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Risky sexual behaviours and associated factors among high school students in Lomé, Togo: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health challenges among street adolescents in Sylhet city, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Exploring prevalence of risky sexual behaviour among adolescents in high schools: A systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2026Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda: evidence from a national population-based cross-sectional HIV impact assessment, 2018-2019.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- The dissociation between condom use knowledge and actual behavior among college students in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Impact of reproductive health intervention on awareness of sexual and reproductive health service among adolescents in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions of Ghana.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Bullying Victimization and Unprotected Sex Among School-Going Adolescents in Argentina: Moderating Role of Parental Emotional Support.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Magnitude of risky sexual behavior and associated factors among secondary school students in southern Ethiopia, 2023.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Article
- Parent-youth communication and associated factors on HIV/AIDS related issues in rural southern Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2025Review
- Sexual Networks and Behavioral Characteristics of HIV-Positive Male Military Members, Female Sex Workers, and Male Civilians.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- The magnitude of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors among students with disabilities in higher academic institutions of Debre Markos City, Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing the drivers of sexual behavior among youth and its social determinants in Nepal.PloS one · 2025Article
- The relationship between risky sexual behaviors and sexual health literacy and self-esteem in young women.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Risky sexual behavior and associated factors among out-of-school youths in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; mixed methods study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionThe impact of risky sexual practice on the general health of adolescents is enormous; little attention has been given on identification and intervention plans. Therefore, the aim of this study was to find the magnitude of risky sexual behavior and associated factors among adolescents aged 15-19 years in high schools at Aksum town, Tigray, Ethiopia.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted at governmental high schools of Aksum town. We recruited a total of 659 adolescents aged 15-19 years by using a systematic random sampling technique. Data was collected with a face-to-face interview. An Amharic version of the sexual risk behavior scale was used to measure risky sexual behaviors. The patient health questionnaire 9, the Oslo-3 social support scale, and an adverse childhood experience questionnaire were used to assess the factors. The coded data were entered into EpiData v.4.1 and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were done. An adjusted odds ratio at a
resultA total of 644 students have participated with a response rate of 97.7%. The prevalence of risky sexual behavior among adolescents aged 15-19 years was found to be 17.2%. Factors like poor social support (AOR = 5.59, 95% CI: 2.71-11.53), living out of family (AOR = 1.93, 95% CI: 1.21-3.07), experiencing parental neglect (AOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.18-2.94), and drinking alcohol (AOR = 2.55, 95% CI: 1.55-4.20) were statistically associated with risky sexual behavior.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.