Factors for Risky Sexual Behavior and Practice Among High School and College Students in Shambu Town

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine factors for risky sexual behavior and practice among high school and college students in Shambu town. The researcher employed descriptive research design. The target populations are sample portion of young adults aged 10-24 years both female and male who are attending regular day school at the time of the study. The reference population is both private and governmental secondary schools and college adolescents and youths (young adults) in Shambu Town. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire, interview, and focus group discussion. The data were analyzed and interpreted using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings of this study strongly indicated that a considerable proportion of youths in among high school and college students in Shambu town in general are sexually active. Similarly, the finding shows that students at the study were asked with whom they were living alone and with their both parents respectively. Most of students were have addicted to different addiction causing substances like smoking cigarette, chewing chat, drinking alcohol, and using shisha respectively in decreasing orders but some of them were using all substances. On the other hand, most of them were watching sexual practice film while few of them were not. Furthermore, the study shows that most of the study participants were using of sexual risk factors that both act as motivators of sexual intercourse and risky avoiders while practicing unsafe sex. Majority of the study participants were practiced sex with one friend while some of them were had done sex with two, three partners. The major finding regarding to other sexual transmitted diseases of them did heard and knew about sexually transmitted diseases specially Gonorrhea and Syphilis respectively even though few of them also heard and knew about HIV and Chancroid diseases as they also considered as sexually transmitted diseases. It is suggested that high schools and college students should expand and improve good practices and good habits in the high schools and college students on gender, sexuality, HIV/AIDS and STIs that has been implemented and enable students to handle or resist peer influence, to develop negative attitude towards risky behaviors, to control early sexual initiations and develop the habit of consistent and proper condom use so that the students can become conscious