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Item Awareness and consequences of human immuno deficiency virus disease among undergraduate students of university of Illorin(2015) Onifade, O. A.; Adio-Moses, R.; Ologele, I.; Adigun, J. O.; Ogungboye, R. O.; Abikoye, A. I.; Oguntunji, I. O.The study examined awareness and consequences of human immune deficiency virus disease among undergraduate students of University of Ilorin. Four research hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level. The research design adopted for the study was survey type. Through simple random technique, five (5) departments were selected and a sampled size of four hundred and twenty was drawn from selected departments with the use of stratified sampling technique in the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. Data were collected with the use of researcher’s structured questionnaire already validated by the three experts in the field of Human Sexuality, Health Education and Sociology and tested with the use of test re-test reliability technique. A reliability coefficient of .75r was obtained. Demographic data collected were analyzed with the aid of frequency count and simple percentage while the postulated hypotheses were tested with the use of inferential statistics of Chi-square. The result of the study revealed that undergraduate students are significantly different in their awareness on causes, transmission routes, consequences and control of HIV/AIDS. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended that undergraduate students should abstain from indiscriminate sex, it is also recommended that HIV/AIDS education should be carried out by professional concerned in the universities.Item Perceived influence of drug on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria(University of Port Harcourt Journal of the Nigeria Association for Physical, Health, Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-02) Onifade, O. A.; Dominic, O. L.; Adio-Moses, R.; Adigun, J. O.|; Kolawole, A. O.; Usman, M. D.This study investigated the perceived influence of drug on academic performance of secondary school students in llorin West L.G.A of Kwara State, Nigeria. The descriptive design of the survey type was employed for the study. A total of (400) subject (students) in SS II and SS III ranging between the ages of 13 and 18 years old and above, male and female, formed the research sample. The variables of gender and socio-economic background were tested. A researcher structured questionnaire was used to gather data from the sample. The coefficient of reliability obtained was 0.76 using Pearson product movement statistics. Two research hypotheses were analyzed using percentages, t-test analysis of variance (ANOVA).The result from the study reveal that there is difference in the way male and female students perceived, used drug and its influence on academic performance. Also, there is difference in the way students perceived the use of drugs in relation to economic background and its influence on academic performance. Therefore, it was recommended that Senior Secondary Schools students should be educated more on the influence of drugs on academic performance; this could be done through Symposium, Seminars and also by encouraging the formation of free drugs clubs to serve as medium of campaign on illicit drug use among students arid it implication on academic performance.