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The Knowledge And Practice Of Contraception Among Male Adolescent Students
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INTRODUCTION: Contraceptives are drugs or device used to prevent a woman from being pregnant and also used to protect men and women from sexually transmitted diseases. How can this be driven home is truth to our adolescences, utilized to reduce our teaming population and to reduce the diseases that are sexually transmitted. The project was done in March – July 2010.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge and improve the practice of this knowledge in our teaming adolescent population bearing in mind that a good beginning will eventually grow to a good end.
METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done using quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. Though sample size was calculated for a finite population, the total population of student respondents was used for the study. Data collection was by use of a seria structured questionnaire and an observational check list.
RESULTS: The mean age of the student respondents was 25 + 5 years. All the respondents are male adolescent students. The knowledge of contraception in this group was 86.1% as against those who had as knowledge of 13.9%; the practice of contraceptive use has 77% while abstinence ws 6.6% and withdrawal 5.5% respectively. The subject of study of the students did not influence the knowledge and practice of contraception so also is their year of study. The mass media and peer group were found to be their main sources of information that contraceptives and their parents’ being alive or dead did not also influence their practice.
CONCLUSION: the students who had good knowledge of contraception affirmed that they will continue to practice it. The cultural values of students did not influence their practice of male contraception. The mass media a veritable means of communication should be effectively used to cover both urban and rural areas in order to stimulate more adolescent to the use of male contraception.
Parents, teachers, health practitioners should do more to give adolescents such advice to help in their proactive ability and the need to adequate control of sexuality related activities.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Those of the female include:The
Combined Pill: These are oral contraceptives which are eniphasic and
biphasic pills, Everyday /Ed pills. They are 99% effective when
properly taken. They contain two hormones – estrogen and progistogen,
and acts by preventing ovulation when taken regularly.Mini Pill:
Progestogen pill only. Its 98% effective when taken properly and
regularly any day at the same time. It causes changes in the womb which
makes it difficult for the spe ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Those of the female include:The
Combined Pill: These are oral contraceptives which are eniphasic and
biphasic pills, Everyday /Ed pills. They are 99% effective when
properly taken. They contain two hormones – estrogen and progistogen,
and acts by preventing ovulation when taken regularly.Mini Pill:
Progestogen pill only. Its 98% effective when taken properly and
regularly any day at the same time. It causes changes in the womb which
makes it difficult for the spe ... Continue reading---
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