title: Contraception: awareness and practice amongst Nigerian tertiary school girls.
abstract: Contraception is analysed in 498 Nigerian Tertiary School Girls--228 from the Medical Discipline (MD) of study and 270 from the Non-Medical Discipline (NMD). Pregnancy occurred in 30.5% of the sexually exposed students. Overall mean awareness of contraception was 70.9% while mean contraceptive usage was 23.5%. The most commonly used contraceptive method was the safe-period. Peer group constituted the highest source of information on contraception (42.6%) while lectures constituted the lowest (11.2%). Sex and contraceptive education entrenched into the country's education policy is advocated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Adinma
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Okeke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010379:Peer Group; D012736:Sex Education; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology