Factors Predicting Unwanted Pregnancy Prevention Behavior Among Female Adolescent Students
Keywords:
unwanted pregnancy prevention behavior, sexual health literacy, risk actions of social hazards, adolescent studentAbstract
This predictive study aimed to explore the factors predicting unwanted pregnancy prevention behaviors among female adolescents. The research subjects consisted of 374 female students studying in the first academic year 2020 in Northern University, Thailand. A simple random sampling technique was used to collect the data. The self-administered online questionnaires used for the study included a demographic questionnaire, a risk actions of social hazards questionnaire, a health literacy questionnaire related to preventing pregnancy, and an unwanted pregnancy prevention behaviors questionnaire for teenage Thai women. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that overall sexual health literacy factors were positively correlated with unwanted pregnancy prevention behavior among female adolescent students (rs = .245, p < .01). Factors significantly predicting unwanted pregnancy prevention behaviors were risk actions of social hazards (β = -.446, p < .01), making the right decisions to prevent unwanted pregnancy (β = .144, p < .01), and health comprehension (β = .091, p < .05). Interestingly, all these factors accounted for 38.5 percent of the prediction value of unwanted pregnancy prevention behaviors (R2 = .385, p < .01)
In conclusion, the factors preventing unwanted pregnancies among female adolescent students include reducing the risk actions of social hazards, promoting the right decisions for preventing unwanted pregnancy, and enhancing overall knowledge and health comprehension.
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