Characteristics of youth sexual and reproductive health and risky behaviors in two rural provinces of Cambodia

Reproductive Health
Jaime R LopezRonald H Mataya

Abstract

The global number of youths has risen with a majority living in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, rural youths often face difficult barriers to health, which include lack of sexual and reproductive health knowledge, information, and services. Risky behaviors are a threat to the health of many young people in Cambodia. We studied a sample of 300 youths to describe sexual and reproductive health characteristics and risky behaviors in two rural provinces of Cambodia. Using a multi-staged sampling method, 30 villages were selected for interviewing. A peer-to-peer interviewing criterion was used that matched interviewer to interviewee based upon sex. Logistic regression models were used to compare risk between sexes and assess for associations between reproductive health variables, gender, youth attitudes, and risky youth social behaviors. A majority (90%) stated that a boy or girl should defer sex till marriage. A majority of youths (92%) also reported that they may or definitely will seek sexual and reproductive health services in the future. About 5.4% of youth had a prior sexual experience. Only 6.7% of youth reported having they traveled to a local health center, hospital or clinic to seek healthcare for a reproductive health proble...Continue Reading

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Apr 23, 2016·Journal of Sex Research·Jochen Peter, Patti M Valkenburg
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Feb 24, 2021·Reproductive Health·Keshvar Samadaee GelehkolaeeIlia Zamani Hajiabadi

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