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    Adolescents’ sexual behaviour and their effects on their reproductive health: a case study of Rubaga Division schools, Kampala District
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013-05) Juma, Juma Othman
    The study explained adolescents’ sexual behaviour and their effects on their reproductive health. The study was carried out in Rubaga Division, Kampala District. A quantitative survey design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised of 68 respondents from two secondary schools in Rubaga Division all students in Senior III and IV. The number of male respondents were 34 students randomly selected from Old Kampala Mixed S.S.S and 34 female respondents, being students selected randomly from Rubaga Girls S.S.S. A questionnaire was administered to the respondents and findings indicated that adolescent sexual behaviour was one of the concerns of adolescents reproductive health. The identified effects were risky sexual behaviour which included unprotected sex, having many sexual partners, smoking and drug use, tendencies of homosexuality and consequences of health related issues such as early pregnancies among female adolescents, contraction of STI’s and HIV / AIDS, abortion and other psychological behaviours like suicide through early prostitution, low self esteem, school dropouts, early marriages, etc. Most respondents agreed that early sexual behaviour leads to different kinds of reproductive health and psychological consequences. From the study sexual recommendatibns were made and these included; parental involvement in educating their children about sexual issues, peer education and sensitization, establishment of teenage centres where group counseling can be affected, introduction of sex education curriculum in schools, general community mobilization, et al.