Opara P I, Eke G K, Akani N A
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Niger J Med. 2010 Apr-Jun;19(2):168-72. doi: 10.4314/njm.v19i2.56513.
Sexuality education is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy. It develops young people's skills so that they make informed choices about their behaviour, and feel confident and competent about acting on these choices. It also equips children to face developmental challenges and empowers them against the ills of abuse, exploitation, unwanted pregnancies amongst others. Mothers who are the primary caregivers should be well informed about sexuality issues. The objective of the study is to determine mothers' perception of sexuality education in children, in Port Harcourt.
A structured, anonymous and self-administered questionnaire, used as instrument for data collection, was distributed amongst a convenient sample of women attending a Christian women's convention in Port Harcourt.
One hundred and fifty eight women participated in the study. Most of them were married (80.4%), and belonged to the 30-49 years age bracket. Seventy one (44.9%) of the respondents had tertiary education. Over 80% agreed that children needed sexuality education but only 15 women (9.5%) had a good knowledge of the concept of sexuality education. One hundred and eleven (70.2%) believed it was the responsibility of both parents to educate their children and over 70% acknowledged that the home was the best place for such education. 64 (40.5%) believed that 6-10 years was the ideal age for starting sex education while 49% thought that the ideal age was 11-15 years. 65% of respondents discussed sexuality issues with their children at least occasionally, the content mostly involved description of body parts and reproductive organs. The average age of menarche amongst respondents was 14.0. One hundred (63%) of the women had prior knowledge of menstruation before menarche. About half of them had received information from their mothers.
The study highlights the need for enlightenment of women on sexuality education to enable them empower their against the ills of child abuse.
性教育是获取有关性、性身份、关系和亲密行为的信息并形成态度和信念的过程。它培养年轻人的技能，使他们能够对自己的行为做出明智的选择，并对基于这些选择采取行动感到自信和有能力。它还使儿童有能力应对发展挑战，并使他们免受虐待、剥削、意外怀孕等不良影响。作为主要照顾者的母亲应该充分了解性问题。本研究的目的是确定哈科特港母亲们对儿童性教育的看法。
一份结构化、匿名且自我填写的问卷作为数据收集工具，分发给参加哈科特港基督教妇女大会的方便样本中的女性。
158名女性参与了该研究。她们中的大多数已婚（80.4%），年龄在30至49岁之间。71名（44.9%）受访者拥有高等教育学历。超过80%的人同意儿童需要性教育，但只有15名女性（9.5%）对性教育概念有充分了解。111名（70.2%）认为父母双方都有责任教育孩子，超过70%的人承认家庭是进行此类教育的最佳场所。64名（40.5%）认为6至10岁是开始性教育的理想年龄，而49%的人认为理想年龄是11至15岁。65%的受访者至少偶尔与孩子讨论性问题，内容大多涉及身体部位和生殖器官的描述。受访者月经初潮的平均年龄为14.0岁。100名（63%）女性在月经初潮前就有月经方面的知识。其中约一半从母亲那里获得了信息。
该研究强调有必要提高女性对性教育的认识，以使她们能够保护孩子免受虐待之害。
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