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Volume 25 |
October - December 2009 (Part-II) |
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The attitude of teachers to sexuality education in a
populous local government area in Lagos, Nigeria
I. A. Onwuezobe1, E.E. Ekanem2
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the attitude of teachers towards the introduction of sexuality education in secondary school.
Methodology: Three hundred and twenty secondary school teachers with median age of 37 years were randomly selected and included in the study using self administered well structured questionnaires.
Results: Greater number of teachers views the teaching of sexuality education as the responsibility of the parents (46.1%) and as such sees home (43.7%) rather than school (38.6%) as the best place to impact such knowledge. Most of them (55.6%) considered ages 10 - 14 years or Junior Secondary School level as the appropriate period for introducing sexuality education. About 68% percent of the teachers perceived sexuality education as mostly beneficial in preventing unplanned pregnancy while 56.0% were of the opinion that it will promote early exposure to sexual relationship.
Although age played a role as older teachers between the ages of 45 – 49 years (86.8%), are more willing to teach sexuality education, higher educational qualification had a significant effect on their attitude towards sexuality education (p<0.05).
Conclusion: There is significant relationship between the educational level of teachers and their willingness to teach sexuality education in secondary schools.
KEY WORDS:
Teachers Attitude, Sexuality education.Pak J Med Sci October - December 2009 (Part-II) Vol. 25 No. 6 934-937
How to cite this article:
Onwuezobe IA, Ekanem EE. The attitude of teachers to sexuality education in a populous local government area in Lagos, Nigeria. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(6): 934-937.
1. A. Onwuezobe,
Dept of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo
Formerly Department of Medical Microbiology
And Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, Idi-Araba,
Lagos, Nigeria.
2. E.E. Ekanem,
Dept of Community Health and Primary Care,
College of Medicine, University of Lagos,
Nigeria.
Correspondence:
I. A. Onwuezobe,
E-mail: ifezobe@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: June 10, 2009
* Revision Received: October 9, 2009
* Accepted: October 20, 2009
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