Sexual behaviour of the young girls in Belgrade
Mazibrada I., Sedlecki K.
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Family
Planning Center, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia, Belgrade
Introduction: Sexual activity of young girls increases
continuously all over the world, as a result of rapid sexual development, social
factors and media influence. Alcohol and drug consumption affects their
sexuality. As a result of these risk factors, they are more exposed to sexually
transmitted diseases, unexpected pregnancies and bring the risk of subsequent
infertility.
Objective: This study aims to investigate sexual
behaviour among young girls in Belgrade.
Design & Methods: The participants of the study were
200 young girls, patients of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent
Gynecology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia, Belgrade. The
study enrolled all patients who attended this Department during the study period,
i.e. 2000 and 2001. The significance of the observed differences was
statistically analyzed by means of descriptive statistic.
Results: The participants of the study were aged 15-24,
the mean age was 19,5. About 69,5% of them use alcohol regularly, 43,5% smoke
and 11% tried some drug. All the participants had sexual intercourse between
14-22, the median age of the first sexual intercourse was 17,16. Only 54,5% of
young girls reported condom use as a contraceptive at first intercourse. Regular
condom use in prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections
reported 31 participants (15,5%), 63% use it from time to time, while 3% of
young girls do not take any preventive measure. Among the girls having sexual
relations, 26% had one sexual partner, 38,5% had two partners, 16% three sexual
partners and 19,5% more than three.
Conclusion: One of two young girls used contraception at
their very first intercourse. Infrequent use of condoms reported 63% of
participants, and regular use of modern effective preventive measures reported
only 15,5% of sexually active young girls in Belgrade. For this reason, they are
more exposed to sexually transmitted diseases and unexpected pregnancies.