Open AccessAttitude and Awareness amongst Secondary School Students of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State
Author(s) -
Danagogo S. Lawson,
W. Dike John,
Mienye Bob-Manuel,
Abiye Somiari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international std research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-5196
DOI - 10.9734/isrr/2020/v9i230118
Subject(s) - local government area , government (linguistics) , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , sexuality education , population , psychology , human sexuality , sex education , medical education , medicine , local government , environmental health , geography , sociology , gender studies , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology
The study investigated the attitude and awareness amongst secondary school students of sexually transmitted infections in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers state.
Methodology: Three research questions were formulated to guide the study, with a target population of 350 from fifteen schools and sample size of 70 students, drawn through disproportionate random sampling technique. The Sexually Transmitted Infection Evaluator (STIE) questionnaire was employed to gather data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation, while reliability of the instrument was determined through test-retest method to obtain a coefficient of 0.90 index. The research questions were analyzed using mean value.
Results: The attitude of students towards sexually transmitted infections is negative and the awareness level is still poor.
Conclusion: Based on the findings it was recommended that sex education should be taught in all schools and teachers should come up with modalities of improving sexuality education in schools to ensure students awareness of sexually transmitted infections.