Influence of Access to Media Resources on Adolescents' Attitude to Sexual and Reproductive Health Practices in Selected Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of adolescents' access to media resources on attitude to sexual and reproductive health. The survey research design was adopted while the questionnaire was. used as the major instrument of data collection. Sixty copies of questionnaire were administered to the adolescents that were purposively selected from the three organisations chosen for the study while only 52 copies were returned with useful responses. The findings of the study revealed that the adolescents make use of electronic media resources more than other categories of media resources such as print and oral media resources (ARFH=J5 or 60.0%, YSF=J2 or 56.0%, SYDOC=J7 or 32.7%) and that they make use of the media centres of the organisations on occasional basis. The study also revealed that the adolescents have good knowledge of sexual and reproductive health practices while affirming that the adolescents have a negative attitude toward any irresponsible sexual and reproductive health behaviour. The study also established that perception of the adolescents about sexual and reproductive health practices contributed more to adolescents' attitude to sexual and reproductive health practices (B= 0.90; t=0.958) than their access to media resources. The study established a significant relationship between adolescents' access to media resources and their
attitude to sexual reproductive health practices (F value= J6.429, P=OOO. <0.05).

Keywords: Sexual and reproductive health, sexual and reproductive health practices, Media resources, Adolescents, Attitude, Non-Governmental Organisations, Media Centres.