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| Article Name : | | | PERCEIVED RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG RURAL YOUTH | | Author Name : | | | A. THOMAS WILLIAM , S. GUNESEKARAN AND SEKAR, I. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2300 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Young people learn more about sexual and reproductive health from uninformed sources and in our Indian culture, talking about sex and related issues are considered as taboo. Consequently, little information is provided to adolescents and youth about sexual health which resulted in risky sexual behaviour. In India, one-half of all young women are observed to be sexually active by the time they are 18 years. With the advent of mass media, internet, mobile phone and electronic communication gadgets; the health/ sex behaviour of youth undergo enormous changes. With this back drop, this study was carried out to assess the perceived sexual norms, perceived self behaviour of youth on birth control & protected sex, and perceived sexual involvement of peer youth. The findings revealed that though majority of the youth uphold the value system and have higher level of sexual norms in terms of perceived knowledge on general youth; the self perceived behaviour showed a negative and dangerous trend as most of them would not adopt birth control and protected sex measures; if happened to have premarital sex. Similarly the overall youth perception on sexual involvement of peer members in the villages observed that considerable percent of both boys and girls have sexual relationship which attracted the need for sexual health education and warrants an integrated comprehensive package of behaviour modification for the rural youth. | | Keywords : | | - birth control & protected sex,
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