ArticleSAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance2021
Sexual risk behaviour and its correlates among adolescents in Mozambique: results from a national school survey in 2015.
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- Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- The use of condoms and other birth control methods among sexually active school-going adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Cervical cancer prevention in countries with the highest HIV prevalence: a review of policies.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Factors associated with non-use of modern contraceptive methods in the school-going adolescent's girls and young women in Guinea.Journal of public health in Africa · 2026Article
- 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
- A mixed Methods Study of Multilevel Factors Influencing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls in Uganda.Journal of adolescent research · 2024Article
- Adolescents' risky sexual behaviours and practices: Implications for sexuality education implementation in Zambia.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Regional and Country Prevalence Estimates of Unsafe Sex Among Adolescents in 68 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Family Factors and Gender Norms as Protective Factors Against Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls in Southern Uganda.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2024Article
- Associations of Parents-Adolescent Relationship with Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Global Analysis Based on 156,649 School-Going Adolescents from 50 Countries.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
- Sexual risk behaviour among school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone and Liberia: a secondary analysis of the 2017 Global school-based student health surveys.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- COVID-19, mobility restriction, and sexual behavior among a cohort of people of reproductive age: Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in Mozambique. In the cross-sectional 'Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)', 1918 students aged 11-18 years from Mozambique responded to a questionnaire in 2015. More than half (57.4%) of the students ever had sex, 68.4% among boys and 45.8% among girls. Among students who ever had sex, 41.5% had early sexual debut (<14 years), 57.9% had multiple sexual partners, 25.0% had not used a condom and 42.0% had not used birth control at last sex, and 59.4% engaged in multiple sexual risk behaviour. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, alcohol use, school truancy, older age and male sex were associated with multiple sexual risk behaviours. A large number of adolescents in Mozambique reported sexual risk behaviours, emphasising the need for interventions.
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