title: Teenage sexual activity in Zambia: the need for a sex education policy.
abstract: Data from a study of teenage sexual activity among secondary school girls show the need for a sex education policy as a first step in controlling teenage fertility in Zambia. A large proportion of teenage females enter into close relationships with males at young ages and a high proportion of young females have engaged in sexual intercourse. Most of these sexually active females do not use family planning methods even though a large proportion of them have heard of modern methods. The teenagers receive very little sex education from their parents and a modern institutional sex education programme is needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of North Texas, Denton.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015024:Zambia / Q000453:epidemiology