E Godeau1, C Vignes2, M Duclos3, F Navarro4, F Cayla3, H Grandjean5. 1. Inserm, unité 558, université Paul-Sabatier, 37, allée Jules-Guesde, 31073 Toulouse cedex, France; Service médical du rectorat de Toulouse, 12, rue Mondran, 31400 Toulouse, France; Association pour le développement d'HBSC, 3, rue Edouard-Dulaurier, 31000 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: emmanuelle.godeau@ac-toulouse.fr. 2. Inserm, unité 558, université Paul-Sabatier, 37, allée Jules-Guesde, 31073 Toulouse cedex, France; Service médical du rectorat de Toulouse, 12, rue Mondran, 31400 Toulouse, France. 3. Observatoire régional de santé Midi-Pyrénées, faculté de médecine, 37, allée Jules-Guesde, 31073 Toulouse cedex, France. 4. Service médical du rectorat de Toulouse, 12, rue Mondran, 31400 Toulouse, France; Association pour le développement d'HBSC, 3, rue Edouard-Dulaurier, 31000 Toulouse, France. 5. Inserm, unité 558, université Paul-Sabatier, 37, allée Jules-Guesde, 31073 Toulouse cedex, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Inspite of unquestionable progress, the protection of girls at first sexual intercourse is still not perfect. The main risks are well known (sexually transmitted infections [STIs], unwanted pregnancies, psychological consequences) and seem to be higher in the case of early sexual initiation. The aim of this epidemiological study is to analyse factors associated with early heterosexual intercourse (age 15 or before) among girls, considered as risk factors for pregnancies and STIs. POPULATION AND METHODS: Our data come from the 2002 international survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)/WHO. The questionnaire is completed anonymously in class and measures health, health behaviours and their contexts among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old students. Only the 15 year-olds are asked about their sexual behaviour. In France, 1264 15-year-old (plus or minus six months) girls have answered the survey. RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty-four girls (17,7 %) state they have already had sexual intercourse. Among these, 88,4 % say that condoms and/or pills were used at last sexual intercourse. Multivariate analysis (n=1159) show that seven variables are significantly and independently linked to a higher frequency of early sexual intercourse: single-parent or reconstructed family, repeated drunkenness, daily smoking, cannabis experimentation, frequent evenings out, negative life appreciation and early menarche. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Identifying factors associated with early sexual initiation should help professionals to better take care of those high risk adolescent girls.
OBJECTIVE: Inspite of unquestionable progress, the protection of girls at first sexual intercourse is still not perfect. The main risks are well known (sexually transmitted infections [STIs], unwanted pregnancies, psychological consequences) and seem to be higher in the case of early sexual initiation. The aim of this epidemiological study is to analyse factors associated with early heterosexual intercourse (age 15 or before) among girls, considered as risk factors for pregnancies and STIs. POPULATION AND METHODS: Our data come from the 2002 international survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)/WHO. The questionnaire is completed anonymously in class and measures health, health behaviours and their contexts among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old students. Only the 15 year-olds are asked about their sexual behaviour. In France, 1264 15-year-old (plus or minus six months) girls have answered the survey. RESULTS: Two hundred and twenty-four girls (17,7 %) state they have already had sexual intercourse. Among these, 88,4 % say that condoms and/or pills were used at last sexual intercourse. Multivariate analysis (n=1159) show that seven variables are significantly and independently linked to a higher frequency of early sexual intercourse: single-parent or reconstructed family, repeated drunkenness, daily smoking, cannabis experimentation, frequent evenings out, negative life appreciation and early menarche. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Identifying factors associated with early sexual initiation should help professionals to better take care of those high risk adolescent girls.
Authors: Aubrey S Madkour; Tilda Farhat; Carolyn T Halpern; Emmanuelle Godeau; Saoirse N Gabhainn Journal: J Adolesc Health Date: 2010-04-28 Impact factor: 5.012
Authors: Honor Young; András Költő; Marta Reis; Elizabeth M Saewyc; Nathalie Moreau; Lorraine Burke; Alina Cosma; Béat Windlin; Saoirse Nic Gabhainn; Emmanuelle Godeau Journal: BMC Med Res Methodol Date: 2016-12-05 Impact factor: 4.615