KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANT OF SEX EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENTS IN NEW ERA SECONDARY SCHOOL MOKWA, MOKWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Parents are a child’s first source of sexual health learning. Daily occurrences in the home provide opportunities for discussions on sexuality, making parents the primary sex educators of their children. Dearth of parental sex education for adolescents could result to unprotected sex, teen pregnancy, unsafe abortion, long term infertility and maternal mortality. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of parents toward sex education for adolescents in New Era seconray schoool Mokwa, Mokwa Local Government, Niger State. Descriptive survey method was conducted among the parents in Mokwa. Questionnaires were distributed among the sampled participants of 166 and all the data collected was analyzed using frequency and percentage, then chi-square was used for hypotheses testing at 0.05 alpha level. The result revealed that, slightly more than 50% (53.77%) have knowledge on sex education, 63.70% of the total participants agreed that, sex education should take place at, school and hospital setting by parents, teachers and health personnel respectively. 63.07% of parents have good attitude toward sex education for adolescents. The factors affecting sex education knowledge and believe of parents include: inadequate knowledge on sex education, fear of experimentation among the adolescents, poor parent-child relationship, and shyness to talk about sex and religion and cultural belief. The study showed mid-level of knowledge and attitude towards sex education among the participants which may be disastrous and may lead to high level of unwanted pregnancies and increased drop out in school among secondary school adolescents thereby frustrating their economic and academic future ambition. It is necessary for the government to train and employ parents, sex educator or counselors, health education teachers and nurses specialized in sex education to provide extensive knowledge of sex related issues to the young one.
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