Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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Exploring the Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Sexually Explicit Internet Material (SEIM) Consumption among Adolescents and Young Adults in Cambodia: Hyunjeong Cheon, Youngran Yang; Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2024;35(3):284-296. Published online September 30, 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2024.00633

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This study investigates the prevalence and factors associated with the consumption of sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) among adolescents and young adults in Cambodia.
Methods
Utilizing a cross-sectional study design, data were collected through a survey administered to 1,271 participants. The survey focused on measuring SEIM consumption, sexual sensation seeking, perceived reality of SEIM, and sexual attitudes. Findings: The study revealed a SEIM prevalence of 27.2%, with notably higher rates among males (35.5%) than females (18.6%). Significant predictors of SEIM consumption included being male, having a father with a middle-level education, engaging in alcohol or substance consumption, spending more than five hours daily on electronic devices, having friends with sexual experience, frequent thoughts about sex, a heightened interest in sex compared to peers, perceiving SEIM as realistic, and maintaining a permissive attitude towards sex.
Conclusions
These findings underscore the importance of implementing education programs to address SEIM consumption and its potential risk factors. Such initiatives are crucial for preventing the use of SEIM among Cambodian youth, promoting a healthier understanding of sexuality, and fostering responsible online behavior.

Risk Perceptions of Noncommunicable Diseases among Cambodian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study: Sung Heui Bae, Ok Nam Hwang, Ji Eun Jeong, Young Ran Yang; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2022;33(2):259-268. Published online June 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.259

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In Cambodia, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for 64% of all deaths. A lack of risk perception of NCDs leads to poor measures of their prevention and management. This study aimed to investigate Cambodians’ risk perceptions of NCDs based on the health belief model. Methods A cross-sectional design was used, and using convenience sampling, participants included 200 Cambodians aged 40 years or older. A face-to-face administered structured questionnaire was used to assess demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and risk perceptions of NCDs. Results Of the constructs of NCD risk perception, perceived severity (88.2%) and benefits (86.3%) were high, but relative to these, perceived cues to action (64.1%), barriers (63.5%), and self-efficacy (58.1%) were low. Conclusion It is important to improve perceived self-efficacy in government health promotion, outreach, and improvement programs and to reduce perceived barriers through medical tests either by facility-based delivery or via outreach health services in Cambodia.

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Under-utilisation of noncommunicable disease screening and healthy lifestyle promotion centres: A cross-sectional study from Sri Lanka
Thilini Herath, Manuja Perera, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Pracheth Raghuveer
PLOS ONE.2024; 19(4): e0301510. CrossRef

Impact of Short Message Service (SMS) and Social Media on Sexual Intercourse of High School Students in Cambodia: Ji Hyon Pahn, Young Ran Yang; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(2):150-160. Published online June 30, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.2.150

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PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between short message service and social media use, and sexual intercourse of high school students in Cambodia.
METHODS
Four hundred and eighty-three high school students from three schools in rural provinces were interviewed with structured questionnaires.
RESULTS
Sexual intercourse was found significantly more frequent among male students than among female students (p=.001), among alcohol drinkers than among non-drinkers (p<.001), among those who were not taking pictures with mobile phones than among those who were (p=.045), and among those who were exchanging SMS between boyfriend and girlfriend than among those who were not (p=.006). The students who were sending SMS by mobile phones were 5.83 times as likely to have sexual intercourse as their counterparts (p=.020), who were taking pictures with mobile phone were 0.04 times as likely as those who were not (p=.045) and the odds ratio was 15.19 times as high in alcohol drinkers as in non-drinkers (p=.001).
CONCLUSIONS
Efforts should be made to encourage positive and effective use of social media among adolescents to maintain their sexual health.

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Exploring the Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Sexually Explicit Internet Material (SEIM) Consumption among Adolescents and Young Adults in Cambodia
Hyunjeong Cheon, Youngran Yang
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2024; 35: 284. CrossRef
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Frontiers in Reproductive Health.2024;[Epub] CrossRef
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American Journal of Men's Health.2023;[Epub] CrossRef

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