Aluko, Joel O. Ige, Busayo S. Sowunmi, Christiana O. & Diorgu, Faith C.
EFFICACY OF NURSE-LED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD'S SEX DETERMINATION
AMONG MARRIED INDIVIDUALS IN ADO-EKITI
Abstract
This study ascertained the efficacy of a Nurse-led educational intervention on the knowledge of child sex determination of married individuals in Ado-Ekiti. The contents of the educational intervention, which was delivered after pre-test focused aimed to disabuse the participants' mind against unscientific notions about sex determination. This one group pre-test and post-test quasi-experiment employed a multistage sampling technique to select 256 married individuals within the age of 15-55 years who had at least a child for the study. A 55-item structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The paired sample t-test statistic was used to test the set hypotheses. The pre-intervention mean knowledge score was 79.3 but increased to 89.2 after the intervention. Furthermore, gender and age did not significantly impact on knowledge of child sex determination of married individuals in AdoEkiti, whereas the participants significantly differed in their acquired
knowledge of child sex determination based on their levels of education. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that education of prospective parents on child's
sex determination should be considered during antenatal clinic visits by themidwives.
Keywords: Child's Sex preference, Child's Sex determination.
Aluko, Joel O. Ige, Busayo S. Sowunmi, Christiana O. & Diorgu, Faith C.
EFFICACY OF NURSE-LED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD'S SEX DETERMINATION AMONG MARRIED INDIVIDUALS IN ADO-EKITI
Abstract This study ascertained the efficacy of a Nurse-led educational intervention on the knowledge of child sex determination of married individuals in Ado-Ekiti. The contents of the educational intervention, which was delivered after pre-test focused aimed to disabuse the participants' mind against unscientific notions about sex determination. This one group pre-test and post-test quasi-experiment employed a multistage sampling technique to select 256 married individuals within the age of 15-55 years who had at least a child for the study. A 55-item structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The paired sample t-test statistic was used to test the set hypotheses. The pre-intervention mean knowledge score was 79.3 but increased to 89.2 after the intervention. Furthermore, gender and age did not significantly impact on knowledge of child sex determination of married individuals in AdoEkiti, whereas the participants significantly differed in their acquired knowledge of child sex determination based on their levels of education. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that education of prospective parents on child's sex determination should be considered during antenatal clinic visits by themidwives. Keywords: Child's Sex preference, Child's Sex determination.