Unprotected Sex is Practiced More and More Young People

BRATISLAVA 26th September (ZDRAVIE.sk via AFP) – Young people around the world increasingly are practicing unprotected sex while on effective methods of contraception which they know little. This results from an international survey, the results released on Monday.

The study titled Clueless or Cluedo Up: Your Right to be informed about contraception (in translation uninformed and informed: Your right to be informed about contraception, note. Ed.), Which was the campaign World Contraception Day (WCD), highlights the fact The number of young people who have unprotected sex with new partners, increased for the last three years in France by 111 percent in the U.S. and 39 in the UK by 19 percent.

“No matter where you are in the world, there are barriers which prevent to get teenagers to reliable information about sex and contraception, which is probably the reason why even today the various myths and false information to remain widely available,” said Denise Keller WCD in a statement on the results of the study.

“When young people have access to information and services on contraception, you can choose between options that affect every aspect of their lives. That’s why it is so important that young people have access to accurate and unbiased information,” said Keller .

The survey was made on Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals supporting 11 international NGOs. Attended by six thousand young people from 29 countries, including Chile, Poland or China, who had expressed their relationship to sex and contraception.

According to researchers unplanned pregnancy among young people is a significant problem. Increase in unprotected sex in several countries raised the issue of whether sex education young enough quality.

The study only half of the respondents from Europe responded that their schools provide sex education. In the case of Latin America, East Asia, Oceania and the USA it was three quarters. Many of those interviewed also said they were ashamed to ask for contraceptives from health professional or doctor.

“According to the results of many young people lack knowledge about sexual health or brave enough to have vypýtali contraception, or still do not know how to talk with their partners about using contraception to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy or infections are sexually šíriacimi,” summarized research findings in a statement a spokeswoman for International Planned Parenthood Federation Jennifer Woodside.

More than a third of respondents in Egypt, for example, believes that a bath or shower after sex prevent pregnancy, and more than a quarter of young people from Thailand and India stated that menstruation, during which sex is practiced by them sufficiently effective form of contraception.

“How can young people decide what is right for them, and protect against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases if they are not supported and will not give them the opportunity to gain experience they need for making such decisions?” Woodside said.