Kelsey K Sewell, Donald S Strassberg
How do heterosexual undergraduate students define having sex? A new approach to an old question
Journal of sex research
important understand sexual reproductive health srh needs adolescents adolescents address needs properly hence paper provides new knowledge information needs srh among adolescent boys girls selected secondary schools ebonyi state southeast nigeria comparative assessment conducted among adolescent boys girls public secondary schools received specific schoolbased srh intervention group receive intervention group b schools spread across six urban rural local government areas ebonyi state southeast nigeria structured intervieweradministered questionnaire used collect data 514 adolescents aged 13 18 stated needs srh information services categorical variables compared using chisquare test predictors determined using logistic regression analysis statistical significance determined p 005 majority adolescents 82 intervention group 92 nonintervention group identified puberty pubertal changes perceived srh information need adolescents 2 794 pvalue 001 adolescents received srh intervention 313 p 0001 times odds perceiving need adolescents provided srh information adolescents receive srh intervention odds perceiving need adolescents provided srh information adolescents reside urban communities 031 p 0001 times odds adolescents resides rural communities perception odds higher adolescents reside rural communities multivariate regression specific srh information showed location residence strong predictor adolescents perceived need information puberty pubertal changes 030 p 0001 safe sex sexual relations 033 p 0001 prevention pregnancy use contraceptives 028 p 0001 adolescents senior secondary school 221 p 0002 times odds perceiving need adolescents provided specific srh information adolescents junior secondary school adolescents age location residence study group found strong predictors srh information needs suggests need inschool adolescents provided substantial continuous srh information healthy living making informed srh choices developing srh interventions achieve optimal effectiveness lives adolescents school different demographic factors considered contextspecific appropriate strategies