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Factors Associated With Early Sexual Debut Among Ghanaian Women From The Manya – Krobo District, – Ghana, 2011, Omoro Faye Omoighe, Amanda D. Castel, Jeffrey Bingenheimer
Factors Associated With Early Sexual Debut Among Ghanaian Women From The Manya – Krobo District, – Ghana, 2011, Omoro Faye Omoighe, Amanda D. Castel, Jeffrey Bingenheimer
GW Research Days 2013
Affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics GW, School of Public Health and Health Services
Title: "Factors associated with early sexual debut among Ghanaian women from the Manya – Krobo district, – Ghana, 2011"
Background: The dipo, a Krobo puberty initiation rite practiced annually among an estimated 2,000 Ghanaian females ages 2–20, is a cultural rite of passage into womanhood that is intended to promote abstinence from sexual activity until marriage.
Objectives: This study examined the risk of early sexual debut among dipo-initiated Krobo females versus uninitiated Krobo females. This study also assessed Manya–Krobo societal opinions regarding the sexual health outcomes …