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Attitude Of The Christian Clergy To Sex Education Of Young People
Abstract
Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude of the Christian clergy towards sex education of young people.
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study of 200 clergymen was carried out in Enugu metropolis making use of a self-administered structured questionnaire.
Results: The ages of the respondents ranged from 20-65 years (mean 35.2 with standard deviation 8.99). One hundred and seventy four(87.0%) of the priests had adequate knowledge of sex education and 191(95.5%) supported the idea of providing sex education to young people. The most appropriate age of introducing sex education to young people according to them was 15-19 years. Ninety-eight (49.0%) of the priests advocated that males and females should be given sex education together while 102(51.0%) felt that it should be done separately. The best institutions for providing sex education according to the priests were the family (49.7%), school 47(23.6%), church 38(19.1%) and others (8.0%).
Conclusion: The support of Christian clergy in Enugu to sex education of young people was unanimous, although they had reservations on the scope and method of its presentation, the clergy should be target for training and properly integrated in sex education programmes.
Keywords: attitude, knowledge, sex education.
[Jnl College of Medicine Vol.7(1) 2002: 30-32]
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study of 200 clergymen was carried out in Enugu metropolis making use of a self-administered structured questionnaire.
Results: The ages of the respondents ranged from 20-65 years (mean 35.2 with standard deviation 8.99). One hundred and seventy four(87.0%) of the priests had adequate knowledge of sex education and 191(95.5%) supported the idea of providing sex education to young people. The most appropriate age of introducing sex education to young people according to them was 15-19 years. Ninety-eight (49.0%) of the priests advocated that males and females should be given sex education together while 102(51.0%) felt that it should be done separately. The best institutions for providing sex education according to the priests were the family (49.7%), school 47(23.6%), church 38(19.1%) and others (8.0%).
Conclusion: The support of Christian clergy in Enugu to sex education of young people was unanimous, although they had reservations on the scope and method of its presentation, the clergy should be target for training and properly integrated in sex education programmes.
Keywords: attitude, knowledge, sex education.
[Jnl College of Medicine Vol.7(1) 2002: 30-32]
