Open AccessAssessment of The Impact Of Sex Education In Reducing Unprotected Sexual Intercourse Among Adolescents In Ilese Comprehensive High School Ijebu North East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
P.O. Okanlawon-Peters .
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
advances in multidisciplinary and scientific research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2488-8699
DOI - 10.22624/aims/sij/v8n1p3
Subject(s) - condom , sexual intercourse , ogun state , local government area , descriptive statistics , curriculum , human sexuality , demography , medicine , indoctrination , psychology , local government , population , environmental health , family medicine , gender studies , geography , pedagogy , political science , sociology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , mathematics , archaeology , syphilis , statistics , law , ideology , politics
This study assessed the impact of sex education in reducing unprotected sexual intercourse among adolescents in ilese comprehensive high school, ijebu north east local government area of ogun state. This project is guided by the following objectives; To determine whether Sex Education Intervention Programme would reduce at-risk sexual behaviours of school-going adolescents. Also, to suggest the need for effective sex education for the adolescents. The research is descriptive in nature and validated questionnaire was distributed to the one hundred (100) participants with balanced demographic characteristics and geographic distribution. The data obtained were analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. Result shows 73% have been having sexual intercourse , 83% are aware tht unprotected sex is an act of sexual intercource or sodomy performed without the use of condom, 86% know that unprotected sexual intercourse is a rising event of sexually transmitted diseases; high rates of abortion and mortality are more among adolescents. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concludes that adolescents in comprehensive high secondary school ilese do not have adequate information about sex. Therefore, parents should be sensitized about the whole question of adolescents’s sexuality so that they can me more involved in teaching them about the same also the educating system should put into consideration the idea of incorporating sex education into the school curriculum. Keywords: Assessment, Sex Education, Unprotected Sexual Intercourse, Adolescents, High School, Nigeria