An Assessment of the Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Rights among Adolescents in South Western Nigeria

Ogunlayi, Munirat

doi:10.2307/3583164

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“…This finding is in contrary to the Nigerian study where students attending public schools were more aware of RSR than students from private schools [20]. In Nigeria, NGOs working on RH give more emphasis to public schools than to the private schools.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 83%

Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional

Adinew

Worku

Mengesha

2013

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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BackgroundPeople have the right to make choices regarding their own sexuality, as far as they respect the rights of others. The knowledge of those rights is critical to youth’s ability to protect themselves from unwanted reproductive outcomes. Reproductive health targeted Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved without improving access to reproductive health. This study was aimed to assess knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights as well as associated factors among Wolaita Sodo University students.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 642 regular undergraduate Wolaita Sodo University students selected by simple random sampling. A pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were entered using EPI info version 3.5.3 statistical software and analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical package. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the study population in relation to relevant variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was also carried out to see the effect of each independent variable on the dependent variable.ResultsMore than half (54.5%) of the respondents were found to be knowledgeable about reproductive and sexual rights. Attending elementary and high school in private schools [AOR: 2.08, 95% CI: 1.08, 3.99], coming from urban areas [AOR: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.00, 2.12], being student of faculty of health sciences [AOR: 2.98, 95% CI: 1.22, 7.30], participation in reproductive health clubs [AOR: 3.11, 95% CI: 2.08, 4.65], utilization of reproductive health services [AOR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.49, 3.69] and discussing sexual issues with someone else [AOR: 2.31, 95% CI: 1.48, 3.62], were positively associated with knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights.ConclusionThe level of knowledge of students about reproductive and sexual rights was found to be low. The Ministry of Education has to incorporate reproductive and sexual rights in the curricula of high schools and institutions of higher learning.

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Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional

Adinew

Worku

Mengesha

2013

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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“…The level of optimal knowledge in our study was consistent with other studies conducted in Wolaita Sodo University [10], and Pakistan [13]. But it was higher than two studies conducted in Nigeria [18,20]. The possible reason could be the difference in the study population that the studies from Nigeria are conducted on females and adolescents.…”

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“…Knowledge about SRHRs and RH service are affected by negative behaviors and attitudes of healthcare workers [12], sex taboos [13,14] and SRH service related factors such as cost [13], providers attitude [15,16] and confi dentiality [17][18][19]. Moreover age, residence, school attended at elementary [10,20], studying fi elds [21], prior SRH education/lectures [19], parental occupation and education [13,17,22], discussion of sexual issues with others [10,23], and source of information [10,13,17,20,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge level and associated factors about sexual and reproductive health rights among University of Gondar students, Gondar Ethiopia

Gebresilassie¹,

Boke²,

Yenit³

et al. 2019

Int J Sex Reprod Health Care

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Background: Young peoples' knowledge on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHRs) is essential in exercising these rights. Knowledge about SRHRs helps tackling of neglected issues, such as adolescent sexuality, gender based violence, and unsafe abortion. But little is known about tshe level of knowledge and the important predictors in the study area, therefore this study was done to fi ll this information gap. Objective: This study aimed to assess knowledge about sexual and reproductive health rights and associated factors among undergraduate regular students in University of Gondar, 2018. Result: A total of 827 students were included making the response rate 98.8%. The overall optimal knowledge level about SRHRs was 57.7% (95% CI 54.2-61.1). Being Muslim (AOR=0.33; 95% 0.18, 0.63), Urban resident (AOR=1.49; 95% 1.10, 2.01), Information and education faculty (AOR=0.45 95% CI 0.32, 0.65), availability of reproductive health service in the campus clinic (AOR=1.40; 95% CI 1.04, 1.89) were statistically signifi cantly associated with having optimal knowledge level about SRHRs. Conclusion: Large proportion of students do not have optimal knowledge about SRHRs. Factors such as religion, place where students come from, faculty, and availability of RH service in student's clinic had statistically signifi cant association with SRHRs. To bridge this knowledge gap sexual and reproduction right education and RH service shall be available among all faculties giving emphasis for Muslims and students from rural areas.

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“…Particularly, it highlighted a difference in qualitative and quantitative findings regarding overall perception and the level of awareness of SRHR content, wherein respondents claimed to know about ASRHR as per quantitative results. However, when interviewed and probed in depth and when the subject was discussed in groups, respondents actually had limited awareness and perception, which is similar to the results of studies conducted previously in Pakistan and Nigeria [ 32 , 43 , 44 ]. An ambiguous understanding was even seen in educated parents, who have the foundational responsibility to guide adolescents.…”

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confidence: 78%

Perceptions of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights: a cross-sectional study in Lahore District, Pakistan

Iqbal

Zakar

et al. 2017

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BackgroundSexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a significant aspect of adolescents’ growth, safeguarded by SRH rights (SRHR). Despite various global efforts to promote adolescents SRHR (ASRHR), the majority of adolescents still lack awareness and autonomy to access SRH related information and services. This research aimed to explore the knowledge and perceptions of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health rights and highlights key constraints hindering adolescents from accessing and exercising SRHR in the district of Lahore, Pakistan.MethodsThe research uses a mixed methods approach including both quantitative and qualitative methods. For quantitative component, household survey was conducted with 600 respondents including adolescents (15–19 years) and their parents/caregivers. A multistage cluster random sampling technique was performed, based on the population proportion of administrative towns in Lahore district, Pakistan. A structured interview schedule was used to collect data. Quantitative data were collected by a standardized quantitative questionnaire; analysis was performed using SPSS version 21. For qualitative data collection, 12 in-depth interviews with teachers and doctors and four focus group discussions with adolescents were conducted, and analysed using thematic areas.ResultsThe research revealed a low level of perception of ASRHR amongst the respondents and identified socio-cultural and structural constraints as the major underlying issues. Although more than half of the respondents were found to be aware of ASRHR, agreed to their importance and were in favour for adolescents to have access to requisite information, nonetheless they believed that adolescents had limited ability to exercise these rights.ConclusionsThe research found a low level of perception amongst adolescents and their parents/caregivers about ASRHR in Lahore district emphasising the rights-based approach. There is an urgent need to design specific policies and educational programmes to promote healthy practices. Research is recommended to inform and advocate Punjab Government and communities, including partners, teachers, doctors, religious scholars and media groups, to empower adolescents through health education. This can be achieved through the inclusion of SRH topics in educational curricula, establishing a virtual knowledge centre, encouraging debate competitions, and organising orientation sessions for professionals/experts and community etc.

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An Assessment of the Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Rights among Adolescents in South Western Nigeria

Cited by 18 publications

References 3 publications

Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional

Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional

Knowledge level and associated factors about sexual and reproductive health rights among University of Gondar students, Gondar Ethiopia

Perceptions of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights: a cross-sectional study in Lahore District, Pakistan

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