Influence of Family Background Characteristics on Parent-Child Sexual Health Communication in South-West Nigeria

Oyewole Omoniyi Olusanya
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Oyewole Omoniyi Olusanya: Department of Sociology Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 12, 48-54

Abstract: Adolescents’ sexual health has become a global public health concern especially in the developing countries. Undoubtedly, parent-child communication remains a vital means by which parents transmit cultural values and monitor the sexual health of their children. Indeed, the extent and the quality of the manner in which parents are involved in their children’s lives are critical factors in the prevention of sexual risk-taking behaviour among adolescents. This paper investigated the influence of parents knowledge, occupation and religion on their communication of sexual health issues with their adolescents among parents in South West Nigeria. The study elicited information from 721 selected respondents, comprising fathers and mothers who had at least, an adolescent in the household; through a multi-stage sampling technique. The study found that most respondents, 78.2% had proper perception of sexual health communication. Parent-child sexual health communication was significantly associated with parents’ occupation (χ2=7.212), and religion (χ2= 6.850). In addition, being self-employed and traditional religion were significant predictors of parent-child sexual health communication in their reference category (OR=0.651, P =0.030

Date: 2020
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