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Alarming the rate of students having sex before the age of 14 has doubled

The study found that the rate of having sex among students decreased slightly, but the rate of having sex before the age of 14 increased by 2 times.

On the morning of April 25, an online seminar took place to announce the report “Global Student Health Behavior Survey in Vietnam 2019” organized by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Speaking at the workshop, Dr. Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Vietnam, said the survey was carried out in 21 provinces with more than 7,700 students participating, providing data on risk factors leading to NCDs. infections and other diseases.

The number of students participating in the survey are from grades 8-12 (corresponding to 13-17 year olds) from 81 schools.

Comparing the survey results in Vietnam in 2013 with 2019 shows that there have been many significant advances in a number of areas, a number of indicators have clearly improved such as the rate of underweight halving, the percentage of students Use of alcohol, stimulants, tobacco, etc.

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Alarming the rate of students having sex before the age of 14 has doubled

The percentage of students who are physically active has increased. In which, the rate of exercising 60 minutes/day, 5 days a week has increased from 20.5% to 21.7%. However, some positive indicators are reduced.

Pupil Underweight malnutrition decreased by 50%, but overweight and obese students were 5.8% (increased to 10.6% in 2019).

In particular, information from the research team shows that the rate of sexual intercourse among students decreased slightly, but the rate of sex before the age of 14 increased by 2 times, from 1.45% (in 2013), increased to 3.51% (in 2019).

Among students who had ever had sex, 42.4% used condoms and 44.0% used other methods of contraception, which is lower than in 2013 (respectively). 52.6% and 64.2%). in which 63.0% used a condom in the most recent sexual intercourse.

Having sex before the age of 14 and not using a condom contributes to teenage and unwanted pregnancies as well as high rates of sexually transmitted diseases.

The report also provides important indicators of mental health. Data was collected before the Covid-19 epidemic, but 13% of children felt lonely most of the time or always. Nearly 7% feel anxious on a regular basis.

In particular, the percentage of children who seriously consider suicide in the past 12 months has decreased slightly, but among 6-7 children, there is still one child who seriously thinks about suicide in the past year.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, University of Public Health, representative of the research team, said that this is a group of risk factors that should be noted because this data was collected before the Covid-19 epidemic occurred. Before we implement epidemic prevention measures such as social distancing, children stay at home a lot, can’t go to school, can’t interact with friends much. If surveyed at the present time, this rate is probably higher.

“The data was collected before the Covid-19 epidemic occurred, but 13% of children felt lonely most of the time or always lonely. Nearly 7% often felt anxious.

In particular, the percentage of children who seriously consider suicide in the past 12 months has decreased slightly, but among 6-7 children, there is still one child who seriously thinks about suicide in the past year. Meanwhile, the percentage of parents accompanying their children is not high. Here’s what parents need to think about.”– Assoc. Hanh said.

Meanwhile, the percentage of parents accompanying their children is not high. This is something parents need to think about.

Accordingly, the percentage of parents and guardians who understand their children’s concerns is less than 30%. This indicator shows that parents need to make more efforts to accompany their children to know what worries and problems their children are having. Children at this age have many problems (study, love …).

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