Acta
Medica Medianae
Vol. 43
Number 4, Octobar, 2004
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Concat:
Božidar Jovanović
Gynecology and Obstetrics Department,
Clinical center „Kragujevac"
30 Zmaj Jovina street
34000 Kragujevac,
Serbia and Montenegro
Tel.: 034/ 342-038
Copyright 2004 by Faculty
of Medicine, University of Niš
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LACK OF INFORMATION AND
IRRESPONSIBILITY ASTHE CRUCIAL RISK FACTORS OF EARLY SEXUALITYIN THE
ADOLESCENT PERIOD
Božidar Jovanović
Gynecology and
Obstetrics Department, Clinical center „Kragujevac", Kragujevac
The periods of puberty
and adolescence are the complex periods of transition from childhood to
maturity during which the young are supposed to understand and control their
interest in the opposite sex, gain their independence, get used to the
problems that adults have, create their own opinion concerning anything that
happens around them and in the world and make their own moral principles.
The aim of this research is to clarify the problems of
adolescent sexuality. The study includes 2000 secondary school students from
Kragujevac (500 male and 1500 female students).
The study has shown that young people get most information
about sex not at school or from their parents but from magazines, mutual
communication, and television.The majority of young people do not even think
about the possible consequences of sexual intercourse and are quite
irresponsible.
They do not take into consideration pregnancy nor any other
complications. They have no sufficent knowledge about contraceptive methods
and do not apply them.
Some prevention can be applied among the young by help of the
family, school, and surrounding.
Acta Medica Medianae
2004; 43 (4): 35–39.
Key words:
adolescence, risk, sexuality |