Influence Of Nurse-Led Sexuality Education On Knowledge, Perception And Risk Of Teenage Pregnancy Among Female Adolescents In Secondary Schools In Osogbo, Osun State

The journey to motherhood often presents a myriad of challenges across every facet of life for experienced adult women, let alone female adolescents who come into motherhood with appropriate plan. The study examine influence of Nurse-led sex-education on knowledge, perception and risk of teenage pregnancy among female adolescents in Secondary Schools in Osogbo. This study adopted quasi-experimental design of pre and postintervention type and was conducted among female adolescents attending senior secondary schools in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. A sample size 165 respondents were selected using multi-stage sampling techniques. All respondents were subjected to constructive nurse-led intervention, devoid of bias for one hour, before preinterventional assessment, using structural questionnaire, while post interventional assessment was also conducted four weeks after using the same instrument. Data collected from the selected respondents were analyzed using frequency and valid percent aspect of descriptive statistics. Finding revealed that, there was a significant increase in percentage of respondents with good knowledge and positive perception during postintervention (56.2% and 51.3%) compare with during pre-intervention (37.2% and 37.5%). Also the rate of respondents with high risk of pregnancy reduced during post-intervention (30.6%) compare with during preintervention (67.3%). The study concluded that, adequate intervention is needed to reduce the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria. The study recommended that, health workers need to routinely organize health talks for students to enlighten them about dangers of teenage pregnancy as well as prevention of teenage pregnancy