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Title: ADOLESCENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE. A CASE STUDY OF ADO-EKITI LGA, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA.
Authors: OKOLI-IKEDI, EBUBE EXCELLENT
ADEOYE, B.D
Keywords: ADOLESCENT
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
KNOWLEDGE
PRACTICE
ATTITUDE
ADO-EKITI
Issue Date: Oct-2015
Publisher: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE EKITI
Series/Report no.: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY;SOC/11/0231
Abstract: With alarming issues relating to Adolescents Reproductive Health: knowledge, attitude and practice, understanding key tissues such as abortion, early/teenage pregnancy, prostitution/transactional sex, sexual molestation and masturbation which pose a threat to the adolescents reproductive health becomes essential. This Study examined adolescents’ knowledge, attitude and practice of reproductive health in Ado-Ekiti. The study investigated the knowledge of adolescents towards sexually transmitted infections, examined the attitude of adolescents towards sexually transmitted infections, evaluate the practices engaged by adolescents that that can expose them to reproductive health issues and evaluate the Knowledge of reproductive health and the risk of teenage pregnancy.
Description: Multi-stage random sampling was used for the study, cluster sampling was employed under it, here secondary schools in Ado-Ekiti were constructed into clusters based on location, population and type (private and public), out of which six schools were randomly selected. In each of these schools thirty questionnaires were administered to senior Secondary school students based on availability method, the out- school adolescents was selected based on availability and are those whom are not students but adolescents who reside in Ado-Ekiti.
URI: http://repository.fuoye.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1350
ISSN: SOC/11/0231
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