For others, early pubertal development could lead to depression and more frequent risk behaviours [ 11, 17, 24, 28].
Since majority of these female respondents, 56.2% were sexually experienced, such perceptions regarding family-adolescent discussion on HIV/AIDS and condoms were certainly appropriate, given the frequent rate of high risk behaviour among the female students (unprotected sexual intercourse) [ 30, 31].
The implementation of the Lab-ARBAIS program to chemical engineering laboratory as a case study had shown a significant improvement on students' frequent at-risk behaviours.
This may indicate that the many respondents who had undertaken a risk behaviour were actually not frequent risk takers, but had a single exposure.
Also, 33% of the participants reported testing of asymptomatic patients for gonorrhoea, giving "infection in the patient's partner" or "sexual risk behaviour" (unprotected sex or frequent changing of sex partners) as the main reasons for testing (Table 3).
Despite this health risk behaviour, this personality trait is associated with frequent health care utilisation, and such individuals are inclined to be more attentive to somatic symptoms [27].
The most frequent risk factors associated with chlamydial infection are related to sexual behaviour, i.e. early age of first intercourse, multiple partners, and inconsistent condom use [ 1].
Travelling has been identified as a factor in itself that increases risk behaviour, associated as it is with increased number of partners and less frequent condom use.
The strong association of condom refusal with sexual risk behaviour, especially in the group where shame was not expressed, reporting multiple partners, and frequent partner change may require effective counselling.
This paper analyzes the masculinity and risk behaviour issues in Narayanganj city, Dhaka.
