• Akhil Tharakan

Abstract Purpose of the study To study the sexual health practice self efficacy among the urban youths residing in Bangalore or currently residing in Bangalore and to know the family sexual health communication and openness of urban youth population Research methodology Research is quantitative in nature ,used the “Sexual Health Practices Self-Efficacy Scale (SHPSES) ” which consists of 20 items representing a variety of sexual health practices for data collection ,crossectional research design was used ,convenient sampling was sampling method sample size is 240 ,120 male and 120 female of age between 18 to 24 years and samples were taken from urban youth population who are in residing in Bangalore and currently residing in Bangalore ,IBM SPSS 23.0 was used for analyse Result Results found were , • There is no significant statistical difference in self efficacy of sexual health practice among urban male and female which means that male and female had no much difference in self efficacy scores for sexual health practice • There is significant difference between family sexual health communication and self efficacy of sexual health. Urban youth population who had family sexual health communication had higher self efficacy score for sexual health practice • There is significant difference between the openness to sexual talks and classes and self efficacy score of sexual health practices. Urban youth population who were open to sexual health talks and classes had high self efficacy score for sexual health practice Conclusion Sexual health practice self efficacy among the youths were moderate ,gender and self efficacy scores on sexual health practice had no difference. Youth who are open to sexual talks and classes and youths who had family sexual health communication had higher self efficacy scores

Key words – sexual health ,self efficiency ,urban ,youth

"Sexual health practice self efficacy among the urban youth population", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.c639-c648, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204290.pdf

"Sexual health practice self efficacy among the urban youth population", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppc639-c648, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204290.pdf