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EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE TOWARDS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the effect of health education on the knowledge and attitude of students of a College of Education in Lagos State towards sexually transmitted infections.
METHODOLOGY: The study employed a quasi experimental study design in which full time students of the College of Education were selected by multistage sampling technique. Information was collected from the respondents with a propose design questionnaire. The health education sessions were conducted over a period of four weeks and post intervention survey conducted three months after the intervention.
RESULTS: One thousand and twenty returned and completed questionnaire were analyzed. The mean age of respondents in the intervention group was 21.01 ±3.61, while for the control group it was 21.49 ±3.47 at pre-intervention.. Most of the students have heard of STIs and Television/radio was the commonest first source of information. About half of the respondents have not initiated sexual intercourse.
Majority of the students did not seek any treatment for a suspected symptom of STIs and will not disclose to their partner if they had STIs. About a third of the respondents in both intervention and control group who did not use condom during their last sexual intercourse were raped. Most of the respondents were aware of the condom.
There was an improvement in the knowledge of STIs which was statistically significant amongst respondents in the intervention group compared to the control p<0.05.
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However, there was no statistically significant change in attitude of respondents towards condom use, care seeking behaviour, in the proportion of students who will disclose to their partner if they had sexually transmitted infections, in the proportion of students who practiced homosexuality and prostitution P>0.05.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded that health education resulted in statistically significant change in knowledge of the prevention of STIs among the students, but there was no change in attitude to the use of condoms, number of sexual partners, homosexuality and prostitution.
RECOMMENDATION: The school should provide adequate security on the campus and avenue for victim of sexual violence to seek redress without stigmatization. There is a need for more research in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections among students of tertiary institutions.
