Risky sexual practices and associated factors among daytime and evening shift of polytechnic college students in Addis Ababa :The case of Nifas silk polytechnic college.
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2019-05
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Addis Abeba University
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Introduction:Risky sexual behaviors are any practices that increase the probability of adverse
sexual and reproductive health.Most college adolescent and young aged 15–24 years are at
particularly high risky sexual practices and often characterized by anew-found sense selfgovernment,
experimentation
with
sex
and a feeling of invincibility.
Objective:To compare the magnitude of risky sexual practices and associated factors among
day/regular and evening/extension shift of polytechnic college students in Addis Ababa with the
case of Nifassilk polytechnic college.
Method and material: A comparative cross sectional study was conducted from March 27April
15, 2019. A stratified sampling technique was used based on type of schooling (day and
evening time) and then, allocation of sample was proportionally distributed torespected study
levels based on number of students. Study participants were selected using simple random
sampling technique. Two population proportion formulas were used to calculate a total sample
size of 486 students (243 day/regular and 243 night/extension students). Data was summarized
using descriptive statistics including mean, proportion and standard deviation and inferential
statistics such as chi-square test and binomial logistic regression. Ethical clearance was obtained
from Addis Ababa University School of Public health.
Result: A total of 442 students (227 regular/day time and 215 extension/evening shift)participated in the study making the response rate 90.9%. The prevalence of risky sexual practice
among regular/day and extension/evening shift students were 34(15%)and 75(34.9%),
respectively and the overall prevalence for both type schooling was 109(24.7%). The difference
between the two categories is statistically significant (p<0.05). In this study, among those
students who had practiced premarital first sexual intercourse, 40(66.6%) and 58(61%) of them
had not used condom respectively for day and night time shift students.
Conclusion: The study depicted that the prevalence of risky sexual practice among night/evening
time students is more than twofold of the prevalence among day time students. The schools and
other actors need to address both type of schooling with adolescent and youth friendly risk
reduction interventions by giving due emphasis to evening/extension students.
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Risky sexual practices