Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Students with early sexual debut are exposed to risky sexual behaviours. For effective intervention of early sexual debut and its consequences, determination of its magnitude and identifications of associated factors is important. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimat...

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Main Author: Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1795
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spelling doaj-fe1a70ba85b24525a7b932e64dd47f512020-11-25T02:56:32ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362020-07-019310.4081/jphr.2020.1795Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysisBirye Dessalegn Mekonnen0Department of Nursing, Teda Health Science College, Gondar Students with early sexual debut are exposed to risky sexual behaviours. For effective intervention of early sexual debut and its consequences, determination of its magnitude and identifications of associated factors is important. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and its associated factors of early sexual debut among students in Ethiopia. Articles were identified through databases such as PubMed, Global Health, HINARI, Google advance search, Scopus, and EMBASE from March 10th to April 3rd. The data was extracted using a standardized data extraction form and exported to STATA 11 for analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of early sexual debut among students was estimated using a random-effects meta-analysis. Presence of association was determined using an odds ratio with a corresponding 95% CI. A total of 9 studies with 4,217 participants were involved in this meta-analysis. The estimated pooled prevalence of early sexual debut among students in Ethiopia was 27.53% (95% CI: 20.52, 34.54). Being female (OR: 3.64, 95% CI: 1.67, 5.61), watching pornography (OR: 3.8, 95% CI: 2.10, 5.50) and having boyfriend or girlfriend (OR: 2.72, 95% CI: 1.24, 5.96) were found to be risk factors for early sexual debut. More than one fourth of students practiced early sexual debut. The finding suggests the need of strengthening prevention strategies, effective intervention, and programs to reduce early sexual debut and its consequences in educational institutions. Furthermore, special attention should be given to female students and students who watch pornography. https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1795Early sexual debutstudentsmeta-analysissystematic reviewEthiopia
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Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Public Health Research
Early sexual debut
students
meta-analysis
systematic review
Ethiopia
author_facet Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen
author_sort Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen
title Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Early sexual debut and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort early sexual debut and associated factors among students in ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Journal of Public Health Research
issn 2279-9028
2279-9036
publishDate 2020-07-01
description Students with early sexual debut are exposed to risky sexual behaviours. For effective intervention of early sexual debut and its consequences, determination of its magnitude and identifications of associated factors is important. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and its associated factors of early sexual debut among students in Ethiopia. Articles were identified through databases such as PubMed, Global Health, HINARI, Google advance search, Scopus, and EMBASE from March 10th to April 3rd. The data was extracted using a standardized data extraction form and exported to STATA 11 for analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of early sexual debut among students was estimated using a random-effects meta-analysis. Presence of association was determined using an odds ratio with a corresponding 95% CI. A total of 9 studies with 4,217 participants were involved in this meta-analysis. The estimated pooled prevalence of early sexual debut among students in Ethiopia was 27.53% (95% CI: 20.52, 34.54). Being female (OR: 3.64, 95% CI: 1.67, 5.61), watching pornography (OR: 3.8, 95% CI: 2.10, 5.50) and having boyfriend or girlfriend (OR: 2.72, 95% CI: 1.24, 5.96) were found to be risk factors for early sexual debut. More than one fourth of students practiced early sexual debut. The finding suggests the need of strengthening prevention strategies, effective intervention, and programs to reduce early sexual debut and its consequences in educational institutions. Furthermore, special attention should be given to female students and students who watch pornography.
topic Early sexual debut
students
meta-analysis
systematic review
Ethiopia
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