Predicting factors of sexual health care behaviors among male adolescents in eastern region, Thailand

Authors

  • Chaiyanan Muanphetch Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University
  • Saowanee Thongnopakun Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University
  • Nipa Maharachpong Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2020.32

Keywords:

Predicting factors, sexual health care behaviors, male adolescents

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study predicting factors of sexual health care behaviors among male adolescents in Eastern Region, Thailand. A multi-stage random sampling was used to recruit 395 male adolescents aged 18 year old and above from universities in the eastern region of Thailand. Five-parts questionnaire was tested for reliabilities which were between 0.704 - 0.776. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that half of them had fair level of sexual health care behaviors. For stepwise multiple regression analysis, there were significant predictors of sexual health care behaviors and accounted for 29.3 % (R2 = 0.293, p<0.01) as following; perceived benefit to STDs/AIDS prevention (gif.latex?\beta = 0.291), self-efficacy to safe sex (gif.latex?\beta = 0.239), perceived barrier to STDs/AIDS prevention (gif.latex?\beta = - 0.203), heterosexual males (gif.latex?\beta = 0.159), and good family relations (gif.latex?\beta = 0.122). The findings suggested that public health officers and related staffs in the university should apply innovative strategies to promote sexual health care behaviors for male adolescents in universities focusing on perceived benefits, and barriers to STDs/AIDS prevention, self-efficacy for safe sex, preventive sexual risk behaviors especially in homosexual male adolescents, and good family relations.

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2020-09-29

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Muanphetch C, Thongnopakun S, Maharachpong N. Predicting factors of sexual health care behaviors among male adolescents in eastern region, Thailand. Dis Control J [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];46(3):336-4. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/DCJ/article/view/235168

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Vol. 46 No. 3 (2020): July-September

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