Browsing by Author "Aremu, A. O."

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Exposure to and adoption of family planning information on social media among female civil servants in Ibadan, Nigeria.
(Department of Mass Commuinication, Igbinedion University, Okada, 2020) Onyechi, J. N.; Aremu, A. O.
Social media are known to modify health behavior and encourage health improvement. In spite of these, the potential role played by the social media in the acquisition of knowledge and adoption of family planning methods, however, is unclear. This study, therefore, investigated exposure to social media family planning information and adoption of family planning methods among female civil servants in Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey and in-depth interview (IDI) were employed as research designs for the study while uses and gratification theory and health belief model (HBM) provided the theoretical underpinnings. Multistage sampling technique (stratified, simple random and purposive sampling procedures) was adopted in the selection of 232 respondents and 20 interview participants who were within reproductive age (18-45) who participated in the study. Questionnaire and IDI guide were used to generate the data. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (expressed in simple percentages, frequency counts) and chi-square while qualitative data were transcribed and direct quotations that represented the participants’ opinions were used for a Constant comparative analysis. Key findings revealed good knowledge of family planning methods among the respondents but an insignificant relationship between respondents’ exposure to social media information about family planning and their knowledge about family planning methods. Finally, the finding that showed poor adoption of family planning methods among the spondents calls for urgent need for Federal and State Ministries of health, non-governmental organization (NGOs) and other donor agencies to engage in aggressive campaign in order to promote the adoption of effective family planning methods among Nigerian women.
Psychosocial factors and knowledge of early adolescents’ attitude to HIV/AIDS in Ibadan, Nigeria
(2009-11) Aremu, A. O.; Adindu, P. A.; Adeyemi, A. O.
The study investigated the influence of some psychosocial factors (self-efficacy, emotional Intelligence, gender and age) and knowledge on HIV/AIDS attitudes of early adolescents. 240 school-going early adolescents (132 males and 108 females) aged between 10 and 14 years participated in the study. The measured effects of the independent variables using the Pearson r and hierarchical regression statistics indicated a joint relationship of the measures on HIV-AIDS altitudes of early adolescents. Similarly, participants' self-efficacy, El, knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and age also influenced their attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. These findings suggest that early adolescents' attitudes towards HIV/AIDS could be improved through the variables investigated.
The relationship between gender, age, mental ability, anxiety, mathematics self-efficacy and achievement in mathematics
(Academic World Education & Research Center, 2009) Aremu, A. O.; Tella, A.
This study examines the relationship between gender, age, general mental ability, anxiety, mathematics self-efficacy and achievement in mathematics among senior secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria. Using multiple regression (stepwise) statistical procedures on the data collected from 1,099 SS2 students, results reveal that mathematics self-efficacy, gender and anxiety have significant correlations with student's achievement in mathematics. Mathematics self-efficacy is the best predictor of mathematics achievement followed by gender and anxiety. The need for educational stakeholders and curriculum planners to design programmes that will enhance mathematics self-efficacy of students was discussed.