GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACTS

This study was to examine the roles of peer education in creating students’ knowledge of candidiasis and trichomoniasis in senior secondary schools in Uyo senatorial district of Akwa Ibom State. This study was an intervention research using a quasi-experimental research design with a non-equivalent control group design. The area of study was conducted in Uyo Sentorial District of Akwa Ibom State. The target population for this study was all the senior secondary school students studying within Uyo senatorial districts of Akwa Ibom State. A sample size of 422 subjects was used for the study. This sample was adopted because extensive work involved in conducting and monitoring an intervention. The study developed an instrument titled “Peer Education on Students’ Knowledge of Candidiasis and Trichomoniasis Questionnaire (PESKCTQ). The instrument was submitted to three experts in the Department of physical and Health Education, Educational foundation, Guidance and Counselling in the University of Uyo, Uyo for face and content validation. The reliability of the instrument was established by using a pilot group that was not part of the main study, but were found to be equivalent in all respect to the study. Five research assistants was trained and finally three research assistants were used by the researcher for the intervention and administration of the questionnaire. The study recommended that health professional’s especially the peer group and dentists should not only be aware of the pathogenesis of the disease process but also the first clinical signs, its diagnosis and treatment.

KEYWORDS: Peer Education, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Candidiasis, Trichomoniasis, Students and Uyo Senatorial District