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    Assessment of Attitude towards Risky Sexual Behavior and Sexual Practice among Adama University under Graduate Students, Adama, Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2012-06) Tsige Meseret; Skebe Yezabnesh(MSC)
    Background Healthy adolescents and youth are the base of future generation. However, globally adolescents and youth are most frequently affected by STIs/ AIDS as the result of risky sexual behavior. In developing countries including Ethiopia the problem was found more serious and many young people engage in risky sexual behavior. Most of them were aware of the risk even though they failed to change their behavior. Objective: To assess attitude towards risky sexual behavior and sexual practice among Adama University under graduate students, Ethiopia. Method: institution based a cross sectional descriptive study was conducted between September, 2011 and February, 2012 G.C. A total of 563 students were assessed for their attitude towards risky sexual behavior and sexual practice in Adama University, Ethiopia. Multi stage and simple random sampling technique was used to select the school and participants. Data were collected using semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. A pre-test was conducted on 5% of comparable group other than the study population before actual data collection. Data were analyzed using EPI INFO and SPSS version 16. Result: Majority of the respondents (81.5%) was males and the mean age of the participant‘s was 21.45 years. Thirty percent of the study subjects currently chewing khat. Two-third (68.9%) of the participants had favorable attitude toward risky sexual behavior. Thirty four percent of respondents had sexual experience. Among sexual active respondents in the past one year 31.2% of them had not used condoms. In addition, 18.1% of the respondents practices homosexuality and significantly associated with current chewing khat (AOR 0.115) and drug intake (AOR 0.071). Conclusion: The attitude towards risky sexual behavior was favorable among Adama University under graduate regular students. However, the prevalence of premarital sex is high and sexual active respondents were engage in some risky sexual behavior like unprotected sex, sex with commercial sex worker and homosexuality. This indicates that the university students are exposed to health hazards through their risky sexual behavior. Therefore sexual and reproductive health issues should be included in the curriculum of both high schools and universities education to prevent risky sexual behavior and render sexual intercourse safe.