Knowledge and attitude of parents towards sex education of adolescents in Ibii community, Afikpo north local government area of Ebonyi state Department:Community Health By: solomon2022 Project ID: 6168 Rating: (3.0) votes: 4 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study investigates the Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents towards Sex Education of Adolescents. The study was aimed at determining the aims and attitudes of parents towards sex education of adolescents. The specific objectives used for this study were: to access the level of knowledge of parents towards sex education, to ascertain the attitudes of parents towards sex education of adolescents and to identify the factors that influence their attitudes. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used for the study. a sample size of 100 was selected using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was validated and reliable (0.71). Data collected was organized and analyzed systematically and manually using frequency tables, charts and percentages. The result showed that 94(94%) of the respondents have knowledge of sex education and this information was more from the schools,' majority of the parents want sex education to be introduced into the school curriculum but not willing to impact the knowledge to the adolescent child themselves. This is due to some factors such as: the gender of the child, religions and traditional beliefs that sex education will promote promiscuity among adolescents and to some extent time regardless of the healthy relationship with the adolescent child. Finally, the researcher concludes that the gender of the child is a significant predictor of parental attitudes and parents who were more knowledgeable talked more with their children although there were factors that hinder sex education of adolescents. The study recommends among others that community health workers should engage more on given information and communication (IEC) at all levels of health care delivery towards sex education of adolescents, health care providers should share knowledge on adolescents' sexuality, dignity and pleasures. ...Preview Download Preview +Other Community Health project topics and materials you might be interested in»Knowledge and awareness of the effects of narcotic drug use among students of Federal Polytechnic Idah»Effect of immunization in children between the ages of 0-5 in family health centre Idah Local Government Area Kogi State»The effect of abortion on female students in College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Kogi»Factors influencing the attitude of women towards family planning - case study of Oke Eiri, Atan Local Government Area»Problem of pregnancy and abortion on girl child education in Nigeria»Effect of malnutrition among children under five years of age in Patigi community of Patigi local government area of Kwara state»Attitude of couple toward modern family planning practice in Birnin Gwari, Birnin Gwari local government, Kaduna state»Importance of exclusive breast feeding on the health of an infant - case study of Idah local government area of Kogi state»Knowledge of protein energy malnutrition and its prevention among mothers with children below five years of age in Ubiegbe Community Idah, Lga, Kogi state»Causes, effects and control of communicable diseases in secondary schools»The impact of community health works in elderly condition in Ungogo local government»Causes and effects of drug abuse among adolescent in Amede community»A study on the causes, effects, prevention and control of threatened abortion among childbearing mothers ages (18-45) years in Gilead Children Hospital»Assessment of prevalence malaria among the patients attending Tofa comprehensive hospital»Assessing the mother knowledge on the benefit of breast feeding among children 0 - 24 months - a case study of Matoya village Maigatari local government, Jigawa state