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Item Perspectives of stakeholders on the introduction of sex education in Maldivian schools(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2015-11-01) Ifa, MariyamSexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy among adolescents are important public health issues that can be tackled through the implementation of effective education strategies. This research study examined the views of students, parents and expertise on the introduction of sex education in Maldivian Schools. An exploratory research design was used and both qualitative and quantitative methods was used to collect data. 110 students whose ages ranged from 15 to 19 years from 4 schools of Male’ was given the self-administered questionnaire and other expertise were interviewed to find their attitudes towards sex education inclusion in schools. The findings of this study indicated that almost all the study participants had favorable attitude towards the importance of school sex education except for religious scholars. Students indicated that their preferable place for sex education provision is school compared to other places with a percentage of 54.5. It was found that gender and preferable place for sex education and source had a significant association with a P-value < 0.05. Parents and teachers agreed that the content of school sex education should include abstinence-only and it must be based on the principles of Islam only. Moreover, parents and teachers also said that the age for introduction time for school sex education should be between 12 and 15 years of age. Teacher teaching experiences and field of studies have a supportive idea about the starting of school sex education. Therefore, it is evident that there is support for sex education and future research is important for giving a more brief idea about perspectives from a bigger sample group.Item Prevalence and factors associated with shelf-mutilation among adolescents of Male’ school(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2015-05-01) Naseer, AngeelaThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of Self-mutilation. A descriptive, cross-sectional Study, by using structured questionnaire, was carried out from 7th - 19Th April at Iskandar School, Thaajuddeen School, Rehendhi School and Ghaazy School. 147 respondents was participated in this study. The result shows prevalence of self-mutilation is 41 students (28%). Other deliberate self-harm includes (10.2%) banging head intentionally and 2.7%) Burn self intentionally. The most frequent reason for self-mutilation shows (37.3%) responded as angry with someone. (22.2%), responded, as I hate myself. (20.3%) upset and tried it. (20.3%) said to cope with uncomfortable feeling. Other reasons they have mentioned was, “My past” and “got low marks”. The study found the frequency and percentages of Self-mutilation among four schools. Iskandar School 17 students (12%) Thaajuddeen School 15 Students (10.3%). Rehendhi School 12 students (8.3%) Ghaazy School 11 students (8%). This study shows significant association between self-mutilation and parental marital status. The result shows Odd ration2.25. Which indicated students whose parents are separated has 2.25 higher chances of self-mutilation than those whose parents are married and living together. The other association found in the study was bullying in Schools. There was significant association between bullying and self-mutilation. Bullying victims have 2.23 times higher chances of self-mutilation than those who were not bullied. The result of this study show very high association between self-mutilation and wanting to kill oneself or suicidal ideation. Crude odd ratio for self-mutilation and wanting to kill oneself is 3.08, which indicated those who self-mutilate have 3 times higher chances of wanting to die or suicide. If Schools and families neglect the findings, there could be serious consequences such as involving high-risk behaviours and violence and increase incidents of attempting suicide among adolescents.