Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Status of Street Children in Addis Ababa.

ABSTRACT: Street children worldwide do not have the information, skills, health services, and support they need to go through sexual development during adolescence. This study is undertaken to systematically investigate the fit between street children's sexual and reproductive health needs and the existing services. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 street children and four service providers. About 72.5% of the respondents were sexually active during data collection and 84.3% of males and 85.7% of females tended to have multiple sexual partners. More than two-thirds (67.3%) of the participants had used at least one type of substance. History of substance use (OR = 2.5; 95% CI = 1.42-4.56) and being on the street for the first one to three years (OR = 5.9; 95% CI = 1.41-7.22) increased

SUBMITTER: Habtamu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4437437 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature