Parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health among school adolescents of Woldia town, Ethiopia by the year 2019
ISSN: 0965-4283
Article publication date: 19 January 2021
Issue publication date: 1 February 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the magnitude of parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues and its association with gender and premarital sexual practice among school adolescents of Woldia town.
Design/methodology/approach
School-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 368 unmarried secondary and preparatory school adolescents (15–19 years) in Woldia town. Simple random sampling was employed to select study participants. Self-administered questionnaire was used. Data were entered by EPI-Data version 3.0.2 and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.
Findings
In this study, 56.3% of school adolescents had parental communication on sexual and reproductive health issues. The result of this study showed that adolescents who had history of sexual intercourse where 64% less likely to communicate with parents on sexual and reproductive health issues (AOR: 0.36 95% CI: 0.20, 0.65), but there was no association between gender and sexual and reproductive health communication between adolescent and parent (AOR: 1.06, 95% CI: 0.64, 1.75).
Originality/value
Parent-adolescent communication about sexual matters is one of the means that encourages adolescents to adopt responsible sexual behavior. Many children in Africa are uncomfortable to have a communication about sexual and reproductive health issues with their parents because the subject is a taboo topic in most homes.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Woldia University for financial support. Their special appreciation also goes to the North Wollo Educational office for the provision of the necessary information that was an important input for the study; the authors also thank the school directors for their support in the research work. Furthermore, the authors would like to thank Israel Abraham, Dawit Koru, ZekariasAbuhay, AsfawDerib and EbrahimMussa who were involved in proposal writing, data collection and entry processes. Last but not least, the authors also thank the data collectors and study participants who devoted their time for the study. The authors also appreciate Dr. YohannesSisay who edits the manuscript's language.Ethical approval and consent to participate: Permission and ethical approval letter was obtained from Woldia University College of Health Science ethical review committee. Written and informed consent was obtained from the school directors who were expected to be the guardian of participants in the school environment. Informed verbal consent was taken from all the respondents.Consent for Publication: This manuscript doesn't contain any individual/personal data in any form; so it doesn't need consent for publication.Availability of data and Materials: The data set used and analyzed for the study is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. The Investigators are responsible for all information provided to the journal.Competing interest: No competing interest.Funding: The University covered all the costs incurred by the study. The funder had no role in the design, collection, and analysis/interpretation of data in the study and in the writing of the manuscript.Authors' contributions: SAM and GDA wrote the proposal, participate in the data collection and entry processes, analyzed the data, drafted the manuscript, have read and approved the manuscript.
Citation
Masresha, S.A. and Alen, G.D. (2021), "Parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health among school adolescents of Woldia town, Ethiopia by the year 2019", Health Education, Vol. 121 No. 2, pp. 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-07-2020-0053
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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