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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Parents' viewpoint on reproductive health and contraceptive practice among

sexually active adolescents in the Port Harcourt local government area of

Rivers State, Nigeria.

AUTHORS

Briggs LA

SOURCE

JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 1998 Feb;27(2):261-6.

ABSTRACT

In many developing countries, it is up to parents to meet the reproductive health needs of their adolescent sons and

daughters. Pregnancy is common among school girls in Nigeria, but most girls abort their fetus due to fear that a

pregnancy carried to term will result in the termination of their education and the disgrace of having a child out-of-

wedlock. Reproductive health experts believe that sexually active adolescents should be encouraged to use

contraception to prevent unwanted/mistimed pregnancy. Abortion is illegal in Nigeria except on medical grounds,

such as to save a woman's life. 148 parents aged 25-59 years of pregnant adolescents were interviewed to learn

their attitudes toward contraceptive use among sexually active adolescent daughters and their general opinion on

adolescent pregnancy. The sample of parents was drawn from Port Harcourt, an urban center of about 645,883

inhabitants. When parents found that their daughters were sexually active, 2.3% reported advising their children to

use contraception and 79.3% advised staying away from men. Only 12.2% of mothers reported freely discussing

sexual issues with their daughters. 79.1% of parents opposed the use of contraception by adolescents. 46.2% were

opposed to adolescent contraception use because of the belief that contraceptives kill, while 18.8% believed

contraceptive use would promote promiscuity, and 17.9% reported not knowing about contraception. 93.2% support

the inclusion of sex education in school curricula. There was a range of opinions on adolescent pregnancy.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 24-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Parents' viewpoint on reproductive health and contraceptive

practice among sexually active adolescents in the Port Harcourt local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria.",

is(are) Briggs LA. The source of this article is "JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 1998 Feb;27(2):261-6.". This

article was published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 24-06. All rights

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