Nigeria accounts for 50% of sickle cell disease (SCD) births worldwide and about 2.3% of her population suffers from SCD with 25% of Nigerians being healthy carriers. This study determined the knowledge, attitude and practice of youths in Yaba, Nigeria towards pre-marital genetic counseling. Data was collected using a questionnaire containing both open ended and closed ended questions. The ques...

background: the incidence of sexual transmitted infections (stis) and hiv/aids is globally higher in young people. this study evaluated the prevalence of sexual reproductive behaviors among undergraduate students of mashhad, iran. methods: the study was conducted on 605 students in twelve non-medical faculties of a great university of mashhad. a self-administered questionnaire was completed on ...

EARLYMARRIAGEANDSEXUALACTIVITY Early marriage and early marital sexual activity present reproductive health risks for young women. Early marriage can lead to pregnancies that put young women at risk for obstetric fistulae,14 and can be a risk factor for HIV infection.*15 The risks for young girls conferred by early marriage may involve older male partners—who have often been sexually active for...

Adolescence in the 10-19 year age range will experience physical growth and maturity of reproductive organ functions, plus emotional changes adolescents also become more aggressive easy to react stimuli. The prevalence who have premarital sex was 41%, this figure shows an increase from year. existing IDHS survey that is 4.5% for men 0.7% women. To determine effect health promotion using leaflet...

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence sex education on sexual behaviour adolescents in Senior and Junior High Schools New Juaben Municipality. A cross-sectional research design adopted for study. population are random sampling technique used select two-hundred fifty (250) respondents from two main instrument data collection a questionnaire. Both inferential descriptive statistic...

This paper presents a brief history of teen-focused abstinence groups and virginity pledge traditions. It then examines the various meanings virginity pledges have for the adolescents who take them. Much of this information is drawn from abstinence groups’ websites, as well as from personal interviews conducted by sociologists studying virginity loss. Several reasons for taking a virginity pled...

The symbolism of rituals creates a shared understanding of events among group members. In the context of romantic relationships, a shared understanding of relationship status transitions may be associated with greater commitment and higher quality relationships. We argue that couples with differing retrospective accounts of their premarital courtship may not have had clear discussions or ritual...

According to IDHS (2012), the prevalence of pre-marital sex cases was 14.6% among young women aged 15-19 years. The reasons for premarital sexual intercourse were mostly due curiosity/curiosity (57.5%), it just happened (38%), and forced by partners (12.6%) women. aim research is find out factors related behavior in adolescents at SMA Negeri 2 Sarolangun 2022. This analytic nature with a cross ...

Maternal consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during early pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for some birth defects. Whether folic acid can reduce the risk for imperforate anus is unknown. As part of a public health campaign conducted in China from 1993 through 1995, the outcomes of pregnancies of > or =20 weeks' gestation were evaluated among women using folic acid suppleme...