Relative effectiveness of home and school-based sexual behavioural re-orientation interventions: a comparative analysis of youths in Lagos state, Nigeria

Ojukwu Emily, University of Lagos
Olatunji Babatola, University of Lagos

The 15-25 age bracket youths in Nigeria have been implicated for over 60 percent of new HIV/AIDS infections in the country. Other health statistics implicate them for large-scale unsafe abortions. The revelation demands a reassessment of the combating strategies as a basis for effective programmatic reviews. The foregoing motivates this study which examines the perceived relative effectiveness of home and school-based sexual health behavioural intervention strategies among Lagos youths. The study targets two categories of youth population in Lagos. They were administered well-designed questionnaire to obtain information on precedent and current sexuality practices and correlates, exposure to agencies-cum-instruments of sexual behavioural re-orientation, time-duration since awareness of HIV/AIDS and the extent to which their perceived positive responses has been influenced by such agencies and instruments. A logistic analytical model of positive response to risky sexual intervention strategies among the youths was examined in the context of its intervention strategy review implication.