BACKGROUND Youth's sexual behaviors have various consequences such as unwanted pregnancy, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted infections. Little information is available about the impact of mass media in the development of premarital sexual relationships. This study aimed to explore the role of mass media on premarital sexual relationships among Iranian youth. METHODS ...

Premarital childbearing is common in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and may become increasingly so with the rise in women's age at first marriage. These trends are concerning given the severe childhood health consequences associated with being born premaritally. However, women's could condition the experience of having a premarital birth in a way that lessens its consequences for children. E...

BACKGROUND Despite that hereditary diseases are widespread among the Arab population due to high rates of consanguineous marriages, research regarding community awareness towards premarital carrier screening in some countries such as Oman, is extremely scarce. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and attitude towards premarital carrier screening (PMCS) in Oman. METHODS A cross-sectional ...

PURPOSE This paper presents the findings of a cross-sectional survey on the risk and protective factors of premarital sexual behavior among rural female adolescents in Peninsular Malaysia. METHODS We investigated data on 770 female respondents aged 13-17 years in rural areas to identify predictive factors for premarital sexual intercourse. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate r...

Background One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) targets is improving reproductive and sexual health especially on adolescents. High-risk sexual behaviours like earliness of initiation of sexual intercourse in adolescents will have bad impact on their future. We need to explore the predictors of premarital sexual intercourse in adolescents based on theoretical framework. This study ai...

The study aimed at determining whether premarital counselling actually influenced marital satisfaction. A self-developed structured questionnaire (α = 0.89) was utilized on a sample of 322 counselled and non- spouses in Ghana. Linear multiple regression, independent t-test Pearson product moment correlation were used to analyze the data. nature significantly spouses’ experience satisfaction (β ...

Family environment is one of the most influential factors on youth sexual behavior but has received little investigation in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, a comprehensive understanding of family influences could improve the efficiency of reproductive health (RH) interventions. Using retrospective data from a population-based survey, life-table analysis was utilized to compute the median age at premar...

BACKGROUND Gender-based violence is an important risk factor for adverse reproductive health (RH). Community-level violence may inhibit young women's ability to engage in safer sexual behaviors due to a lack of control over sexual encounters. Few studies examine violence as a contextual risk factor. METHODS Using nationally representative data from five African countries, the association betw...

Individual readiness and maturity is a must-have for someone who going to get married. For this reason, the Ministry of Religion instructed that every prospective bride groom will marry must first follow marriage guidance as step in realizing sakinah, mawaddah rahmah family. This research field with normative-empirical legal method. was conducted at Bukit Mekarwangi Housing Estate, Tanah Sareal...