Sex debut and risky sexual practices among adolescents aged 15-19 years in Kanyama and Chipata communities, Lusaka, Zambia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mchiza, Zandile J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Phiri, Comfort Rutty | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-16T07:15:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-10T08:45:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-16T07:15:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-10T08:45:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Master of Public Health - MPH | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years, and 2.5 million girls under the age of 16 years give birth each year in developing countries. Moreover, approximately 4% of 15 to 19 year olds in Zambia are HIV-infected. According to international literature, risky sexual practices and engagement in sexual activities before the age of 18 years have been implicated to adolescent pregnancies and HIV infections. There is a dearth of recent data of this kind in Zambia. The last survey on general sexual behaviours among women (i.e., the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey [ZDHS]) was done more than 7 years ago. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/23699 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexual intercourse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | Zambia | en_US |
| dc.title | Sex debut and risky sexual practices among adolescents aged 15-19 years in Kanyama and Chipata communities, Lusaka, Zambia | en_US |