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Sexual behaviour among young Danes aged 15-29 years: a cross-sectional study of core indicators.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies occur at high rates among youth. Understanding sexual behaviour is essential for planning and implementing future effective preventive interventions. The present study examines the sexual behaviour in the general Danish population aged 15-29?years using the core indicators recommended by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. METHODS:A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted in Denmark among a random sample of 20?000 men and women in 2012. Respondents completed a web-based sexual behaviour questionnaire and data were linked to a nationally held demographic database. Core indicators for sexual behaviour frequency stratified by gender are presented as unweighted and weighted data after consideration of sociodemographic differences between respondents and non-respondents. RESULTS:Response rate was 20.4%. Condoms were used at sexual debut by 69.9% of women and 62.3% of men, while 14.3% of women and 15.1% of men used no contraceptives at sexual debut. Half of the respondents used condom alone at the latest sexual encounter with a steady partner (women 51.8%, men 55.2%), while 10% used no contraceptives. Having a sexual encounter with a casual partner decreased the likelihood of using condoms (women 43.7%, men 49.5%) and increased the likelihood of using no contraceptives (women 14.8%, men 20.9%). Data on sexual behaviour characteristics showed only minor changes when weighted for non-response. CONCLUSIONS:The findings call for interventions addressing the use of appropriate contraception at sexual debut and at last sexual encounter; this seems particularly important when the sexual partner is a casual partner.

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4413866 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sexual behaviour among young Danes aged 15-29 years: a cross-sectional study of core indicators.

Jørgensen Marianne Johansson MJ Maindal Helle Terkildsen HT Christensen Kaj Sparle KS Olesen Frede F Andersen Berit B

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<h4>Objectives</h4>Sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies occur at high rates among youth. Understanding sexual behaviour is essential for planning and implementing future effective preventive interventions. The present study examines the sexual behaviour in the general Danish population aged 15-29 years using the core indicators recommended by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.<h4>Methods</h4>A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted in Denmark amon ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundSexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies among young people remain public health concerns in many countries. To date, interventions that address these concerns have had limited success. Serious games are increasingly being used as educational tools in health and professional public education. Although acknowledged as having great potential, few studies have evaluated the use of serious games in sexual health education among young people, and to date, there have been no published reviews of these studies.ObjectiveThis study aims to assess the effects of video game-based sexual health interventions for risky sexual behavior in young people aged between 15 and 25 years.MethodsA rapid review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials was performed. The search included the following bibliographic databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Scopus. A total of 2 reviewers independently screened 50% (35/70) of the retrieved articles during the full-text screening phase.ResultsFrom a total of 459 identified citations, after removing duplicates, 327 (71.2%) articles were deemed eligible for title and abstract screening. Of the 327 articles, 70 (21.4%) full texts were screened, from which 10 (3.1%) articles (evaluating 11 different games) were included in the review. The findings highlighted the considerable diversity in video game-based interventions and assessed sexual health outcomes. Although there were some promising findings in outcome studies using game-based interventions, the results across studies were mixed.ConclusionsAlthough game interventions for sexual health have been in existence for almost three decades, relatively few studies have evaluated them, and the results of previous outcome studies have been mixed. Moreover, there is little clarity regarding which specific elements of a game facilitate positive outcomes. We provide recommendations for future researchers developing video game-based interventions to improve sexual health in young people.

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Sexual behaviour among young Danes aged 15-29 years: a cross-sectional study of core indicators.

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Sexual behaviour among young Danes aged 15-29 years: a cross-sectional study of core indicators.

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