Adolescent Students’ Sexual Behaviors: Experiences from the Eastern Ghana Special Schools for the Deaf

This study assessed adolescent students’ sexual behaviors in eastern region schools for the deaf in Eastern Ghana. The study used the descriptive survey design, which describes, analyzes and interprets conditions that exist. The population of the study was 125 adolescent students from three selected Junior High Schools (JHS) for the deaf in the Eastern region of Ghana. The study sampled 95 (52 Boys and 43 girls) students to participate through a questionnaire. Data was analyzed using frequencies and percentages. The study established that the majority of the adolescent students with deafness were sexually active as they had had sexual intercourse before the study took place. They engaged in risky sexual behaviors in various ways, such as having sex with more than one regular partner. The study’s recommendations include that the school leadership should encourage teachers to sensitize the adolescent students on safer practices to avoid the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases.