THE ATTITUDE OF FEMALE ADOLESCENT TOWARDS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN
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ATTITUDE OF FEMALE ADOLESCENT TOWARDS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION IN COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR-BENIN
ABSTRACT
This research study was carried
out to create awareness amongst the public on the importance of reproductive
health education in College of Education Ekiadolor. A non experimental design
was carried out based o the above topic in College of Education Ekiadolor, Edo
State. Data collected through questionnaires method, fifty questionnaires were
distributed to 50 respondents. Some questionnaires were retrieved immediately
while others were collected later. All questionnaires were retrieved. Data
collected were analyzed in tables, pie chart, bar chart, and histogram using
percentages. The findings showed that a great number of youths today were not
educated on their reproductive health, and the ones who has heard about the
topic go to hear about it from either books (42%) movies (28%) peer group (14%)
school counsellor (10%) and parents (6%). It was therefore, recommended that
parents family members, school counsellors, should educate youths on the
reproductive health to help protect them i.e. the youth from sexually
transmitted infections, early pregnancy and their associated poor
outcome.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One: Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of the problem
Purpose of the study
Objectives of the study
Research questions
Hypothesis
Significance of the study
Scope of the study
Basic assumption
Limitation of the study
Definition of term
Chapter Two: Literature Review
Self medication
Cause of drug abuse
Sociology of drug abuse
Effect of drug abuse
Chapter Three: Research Design
and Methodology
Sample and sampling method
Problems encountered during the project
Chapter Four: Data Analysis
Analysis of questionnaires
Chapter Five: Summary
Summary
Conclusion
Suggestion and further research
Bibliography
Questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
International conference on population development (ICPD) (1996) defined
reproductive health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all matters
relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
Reproductive health is a crucial part of general health, yet many of the word’s
people do not have good reproductive health. Some have little or no control
over their sexual lives and children bearing, others engage in behaviours that
put both them and their partners at risk, while yet others simply do not have
assess to the right kind of information and services. Many girls and women are
socially, politically, and economically disadvantaged, and have fewer
educational opportunities and consequently have limited choices in the society
is critical to their reproductive health, and their reproductive health is
crucial not only to them but also to the next generation.
In some cultures, parents and family members such as aunts, uncles, elder
sisters and grand parents are influential sources of knowledge, beliefs,
attitude and values for children and youths. The adolescent period is a time
when the teenagers need guidance and help from their parents home training is
an essential element in instilling the right character and morals in the
children because this have profound effect on how they will conduct their lives
when they leave home. Children should be encouraged to talk to their parents,
by so doing they can be prevented later in life from keeping to themselves. The
youths of this generation are thrown into the pressure of an adult life. As
from 12 yrs of age, they turn to their friends for advice about sex, pregnancy,
drugs, money and careers, and many of the teenagers who go long have said “we
could not talk us”. Early reproductive health education to children is an
important task for parents. Esim (2001) says that in some cultures, parents and
family member such as aunts, uncles, elder sisters and grand parents are
influential sources of knowledge, beliefs, attitude and values for children and
youths. They are role models who shape young people perception of gender roles
and influence the choice that youth make about their own sexual behaviour.
Parents and other family members often have the power to guide children’s
development towards health sexuality as a natural, normal and progressive
experience within the life cycle, they can help their children develop and
practice responsible sexual behaviours and personal decision making.
Denise (1997) says that in most societies, educating children about
reproductive health is not a task parents and other family members find
easy to discuss. Parents are often embarrassed when confronted with such
questions, they become tough tied uneasy, they gasp for words or they change
the subject. So most children are left to pick it up on their own, more often
than not they pick it up from proverbial gulter usually from friends,
classmates in the form of dirty jokes or from novel or magazines. Perhaps may
be the parents are reluctant to expose their own lack of knowledge about
anatomy, philosophy, or other related information. They may worry about how
much information to give at what age, based on the unfavoured belief that the
provision of this information will lead young people to experiment with what
they are told. What many fail to realize is that giving no information to the
young people questions can send negative messages about sexuality. The result
may be unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and low self
esteem.
Singh et al (2000) recognizes that adolescent can engage in health, fulfilling
sexual relationship rather than focusing only on the negative outcome may go
far in reaching young people with important information. Esim (2001) says that
it becomes increasingly clear that adolescent sexual and reproductive health is
closely linked with educational economic opportunity.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The essence of this research work is to find out the attitude of female
adolescent towards reproductive health education in College of Education,
Ekiadolor-Benin.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.
Does
knowledge about reproductive health bring about promiscuity amongst
adolescents?
2.
Does
ignorance prevent parents from educating their children on reproductive health?
3.
Is there
a relationship between the knowledge about sexuality and the incidence of
teenage pregnancy and abortion amongst adolescents?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.
To bring
to the awareness of parents of productive health education to their children?
2.
To
educate adolescents on their reproductive health?
3.
To create
awareness to the public on the effect of not educating children in reproductive
health?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The main
focus of this study is to know the certitude of female adolescents towards
reproductive health education.
It is hoped that at the end of this study the parents approach to educating
their children on reproductive health will change positively.
It will also help the adolescents to know how to prevent teenage pregnancy
there reducing the rate of criminal abortion this bringing a decline in
maternal mortality.
It will help the parents to know why and how to give se education to their
children at an early to prevent teenage pregnancy.
It will relevant to school authoritarian stakeholders in the society.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Reproductive Health: According
to world health organization (WHO) 1993, reproductive health is defined
as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing in all matters
relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. According to
international conference on population development (ICPD 1995) reproductive
health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence and disease or infinity in all matters relating to
the reproductive system and its functions and processes.
Reproductive Heath Care: this is
defined as the castellation of methods, techniques and service that contributes
to reproductive health and wellbeing by preventing and solving reproduction
problems.
Abortion: termination
of a pregnancy before viability of the fetus i.e. ability of the baby to have
an independents life.
Unwanted Pregnancy: this is a
pregnancy a girl or human or her own freewill considers undesirable.
UNSAFE ABORTIONS: the
termination of pregnancy termed unwanted either by person lacking the skills
necessary for the procedure or in an environment lacking the minimal medical
standard or both.
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