Conclusion
drug abuse, inappropriate sexual behaviours
Findings suggest that holding a positive attitude towards early sexual debut is a precursor to early sexual activity among adolescents. Unsafe sex, coercive sex, and other risky sexual behaviors are not uncommon among adolescents starting sex before the age of 18 years. Exposure to drug abuse, online sexual content, and/or social groups significantly influenced early sexual debut irrespective of other known factors. The majority of teenagers, as indicated by the aforementioned findings, held a negative sexual ideology and felt that it was acceptable for them to engage in sexual activity while still in adolescence. Their ideologies were directly related to the beginning of sexual behaviour before the age of 18, and the majority of them began sexual behaviour earlier and in the middle of adolescence rather than later on. Even if they engaged in sexual behaviours of their own free will, some were coerced into doing so by adults or other peers. Their sexual philosophies and sociodemographic profiles led them to engage in sexual activity without making an informed, responsible decision before the act with either peers or adults who were unfamiliar to them. The results imply that inappropriate sexual behaviours among adolescents are a complex, pervasive behavioural issue that requires in-depth research that takes into account both an individual's internal and external circumstances.Age-appropriate school-based sexuality education programs should be promoted and implemented to address the most prevalent positive attitude towards early sexual debut and associated risk sexual behaviour among adolescents in Tanzania and other similar settings. When developing an innovative sexual-based educational intervention, projects, and or programs that focus on involving a cohort of young people as the key players in addressing sexual and reproductive health issues around them, it is important to analyse the parental guidance and support, educational environment, and other factors adolescents are exposed to. The results of this study are pertinent to the creation of prevention programs and/or treatments for sexual and reproductive health that may improve the communication of sexual and reproductive health information to adolescents. The results of this study offer opportunities for education and health professionals to contribute and focus efforts to help enhance the current curricula and/or syllabus in a way that supports and shapes adolescents' sexual ideologies for safe sex. This study makes recommendations for more studies to plan, create, and carry out safer sexual interventions with young people. Teenagers may get the ability to make educated and logical decisions about sexual activity if this is done.