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Challenges to sexual health information seeking behaviour among adolescents in Nigeria
(Delmas Communications Ltd., 2014) Elegbe, O.
This paper discusses the factors affecting the development of young people and their reproductive and sexual health. It reviews literature on the behaviour of young people vis a vis their reproductive and sexual risk behaviours such as low knowledge of contraception, high infection rate, early sexual initiation, early child bearing, unsafe abortion and lack of Information on STIs and HIV/AIDS. The health belief model was used as a basis to examine whether young people consider their health as important in their daily decision in relation to the issue of sexual activity. The paper also examines the relevance of Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development which deals with how children socialize and how this affects their sense of self. The paper sums up documented studies on the poor health-seeking behaviours of young people which is the bases for their continuous risky behaviour. It finally argues that poor information seeking behaviour among young people could be based on cultural and traditionalvalues that prevent information seeking on sexual issues. It then recommends that reliable information should be disseminated through public health campaigns, the media, and the educational system.
Developing an oral hygiene education song for children and teenagers in Nigeria
(international dental journal 72, pp. 866 – 871., 2020-04-22) Ibiyemi, O; Lawal, F; Osuh, M; Owoaje, T; Idiga, E; Fagbule,O; Ijarogbe, O
Background: Oral diseases mainly caused by poor oral hygiene are a major public health problem affecting over half of the world’s population. Oral hygiene education targeted at children and teenagers in schools is an important approach in addressing this problem. Folk songs in the language and cultural context children and teenagers are familiar with appears to be a promising tool and alternative to traditional oral hygiene education. Objectives: This paper aims to report how a local traditional song on oral hygiene education amongst children and teenagers in southwestern Nigeria was developed with a view to providing information on how the song can be developed in other languages as well as how other oral health education songs can be developed. Method: Oral health professionals from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and music experts from the University of Ibadan, in collaboration with traditional/local musicians, parents/guardians, schoolteachers, and community heads, took part in the development of the song over a period of 6 months. Developing the tool involved certain processes which were validated and evaluated. These processes included developing the lyrics, choosing the type of song, creating the melody, and producing and finishing the song as an oral hygiene education tool. Written and audio documentations of the processes were done. Results: A 90-second oral hygiene education song was developed in English and later translated into Yoruba. The numerous steps, collaborations, and meetings required in the development of the song were associated with many learning opportunities including teambuilding, understanding cultural contexts, effective collaboration, leadership, and communication skills. Conclusions: Creating new and effective oral hygiene education tool requires various processes and multiple steps and resources. However, it is a necessary and worthy exercise in ensuring sustainable and adequate oral hygiene, especially amongst children and teenagers in underserved populations, as we move into the future.
Influence of home video on sexuality aspirations of secondary schools students in Ibadan, Nigeria
(Rapid Research & Communications Ltd., 2009-04) Obono, K.; Obono, O.
Home videos are entertainment media but their use by adolescent transcends leisure to sexuality aspirations. A survey of 180 students in selected secondary schools in Ibadan showed that viewing influenced their sexuality knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). The paper argues that exposure to home movies affect young people's life aspiration as higher viewership (95.6 percent) corresponds with high negative sexuality response (93.3 percent). Accondingly, the media teach 87 percent of student about girl-friend/boy-friend relationships,expose 82 percent to sexual relationships, arose 85 percent and encourage premarital sex among 53 percent students.While entertaining,the media provide information that teenagers use to construct their sexuality, having far reaching heaith implecations. Home vidoe content and packaging thus place adolescent lives on a reproductive health disaster. This calls for alternative models of entertainment communication as well as critical censorship of home movies to help checkmate worsening sexual and reproductive healthconditions in Nigeria.
Media exposure and reproductive behaviour change among generations of adolescents in Ugep, Nigeria
(2009) Obono, K.; Obono, O.
This paper examines change in reproductive behaviour across several generations of adolescent girls in Ugep, sourtern Nigeria. It is based on a study of key factors promoting differences in girls' reproductive behaviour across this generations, which linked this change media exposure and a number of social variables that challenge traditional views of the relationships. The study found alterations in adolescent sexual activities, contraceptive prevalence, voluntary abortion and the fertility. Female age at sexual debut was found to be declining, with 11.3% of adolescent females initiating sex at 11 years relative to 4.1 percent from previous cohorts. This finding in particular reflects the onset of liberal sexual norms, accentuated by ease of entry into consensual unions and trends towards sexual networking. The general findings point to the role of western media, poverty and pressures related to an urbanizing lifestyle on girls' aspirations and reproductive choices. In this way,it contribute to the growing body of work on reproductive change in an era of serious population' debate and, therefore, suggests a need for adopting alternative models for explaining reproductive change in sub- saharan communities.
Patterns of mother-daughter communication for reproductive health knowledge transfer in Southern Nigeria
(2012) Obono, K.
Many reproductive health studies have examined trends and outcomes of adolescent sexual behaviour but have overlooked the patterns of reproductive communication between mothers and daughters that have implications on girls’ reproductive wellbeing. Although there is a need to safeguard adolescent health, not enough work exists at the interface between female reproductive change and communication. The patterns of communication determine the effectiveness of reproductive knowledge transfer to safeguard girls’ reproductive health at a time of social change. Despite widespread opinion about the taboo nature of sexual and reproductive communication in traditional African settings, its prevalence among mothers and daughters in Ugep, Nigeria, was found to be quite high. The context, form, direction and level of communication reveal that the females engage in reproductive communication in a private environment and through peaceful and friendly strategies. Communication is achieved through sharing of meaning and mutual understanding, which has implications for adolescent female reproductive health.