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The Parental Monitoring And Religious Activities On Sexual Abstinence
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Counsellors should intensify their
efforts believing that teens who received a behavioural intervention
centered on abstinence were more likely to delay first sexual
intercourse than teens who received a control intervention. Studies have
shown that behavioural interventions can reduce behaviours related to
HIV/AIDS and STI risks. Intervention programmes would be based on
strengthening beliefs, supporting abstinence, preventing pregnancy and
STIs, foster attainment of future goals and increase skills for
resisting pressure to have sex.
Religious leaders should
identify efforts to talk out adolescents on sexual activities making
them understand that the religious which such adolescent practices doe
not favour it. This could be effective during modrast lessons (for
Islam) and Sunday Schools and Bible Studies (for Christians) where
topics relating to sexual activities could be discussed and, adolescents
will be made to see the negative outcomes of sexual activities as a way
of abreacting their minds from sexual activities.
Community comprise of parents of adolescents therefore the community
should take into cognizance the betterment of their wards by
implementing some rules and regulations that will strictly kick against
sexual activities and indecent dressing in the environ. Community can
bring up ethics that will refrain adolescents from sexual activities
and, this could be discussed at the community meeting where different
ethical codes can be put in place.
Policy makers have
continued to support these campaign on sexual abstinence and, there is
clear evidence including compelling recent evidence from a long-awaited,
congressionally mandated report on federally funded
abstinence-only-until-marriage programmes that are effective in stopping
and delaying adolescents sex. Infact, policy makers through Federal
Government has been supporting and evaluating single-purpose abstinence
promotion programmes since 1992 and there is evidence that the
programmes are effective i.e. Life Planning Education Programmes
(LFEP).
1.5 Scope of the Study
This study is limited to
the study of parental monitoring and religious activities on sexual
abstinence. Only some selected secondary schools in Ilorin West LGA of
Kwara State will be used.
1.6 Operational Definition of Terms
For the purpose of this study, the following concepts are operationalized.
Parental
Monitoring: This refers to the manner the parent supervise their
children’s movement, academics, social and religious activities.
Religion:
This refers to the general belief in a Supreme Being i.e. Islam in
Allah, Christianity in God (Jesus), traditional in Deities.
Adolescent: This is an individual who is within the ages of 10 – 19 years especially, those who are still schooling.
Sexual
Abstinence: This refers to the act of refraining oneself from sexual
activities until when one is matured physically and emotionally
according to societal standard.
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