Sexuality Hotline Service for Adolescents: A Longitudinal Investigation between 2003-2005 at Call Centre for Life Quality Enhancement, Chulalongkorn University

Abstract

This longitudinal research on hotline service for adolescents covers the period of the year 2003-2005 at Call Centre for Life Quality Enhancement, Chulalongkorn University. The findings revealed that the number of calls were 322 (2003), 408 (2004) and 381 (2005) respectively. Interestingly, the callers’ minimum age was 15 (2003), 13 (2004) and 9 (2005) whereas the maximum age was 24 in the past 3 years studied (2003, 2004 and 2005). In addition, each year saw an increase of women’s figures to gain needed assistance to be 14.0%, 24.8% and 24.9%. The types of problems investigated encompassed 9 categories, namely; anatomy and physiology of genital organs; sexual behaviors; mental health; personal problems; sexual intercourse-related problems; STIs & HIV/AIDS; contraception; pregnancy and giving birth; and others. It is statistically evident that two of the mostly asked topics were Sexual behaviors (27.0 % in Year 2003; 16.2% in Year 2004; 23.1% in Year 2005) and the Sexual intercourse-related problems (25.2% in Year 2003; 23.8% in Year 2004; 17.6% in Year 2005), respectively.