title: Teachers' perspectives on sexual and reproductive health interventions for in-school adolescents in Nigeria.
abstract: High prevalence of early and unprotected sex, resulting in adverse reproductive health outcomes, has been reported among adolescents in Nigeria. While school-based sexual and reproductive health interventions for in-school adolescents is widely recognized, little is known on the kind of involvements desired by teachers and their perceptions of handling students' reproductive health concerns. In this study, the teachers favoured school-based reproductive health education (RHE), but have divers' opinions on what should be included in such RHE. Majority was not willing or comfortable in personal counseling of students but can teach RHE in classroom environment. They support the current approach of expelling pregnant school girls. The article advocates for gender-sensitive and developmental-oriented approaches that will ensure rehabilitation and re-integration of pregnant girls into the school system after their delivery, and recommend the need to build teachers skills and promote students-teachers dialogue in order to optimize school environment for addressing ASRH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-lfe, Nigeria. aransiola2@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Joshua O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Aransiola
authors.affiliation: Population and Reproductive Health Programme, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Sola
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asa
authors.affiliation: Population and Reproductive Health Programme, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Patience
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Obinjuwa
authors.affiliation: Population and Reproductive Health Programme, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oluseyi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olarewaju
authors.affiliation: Population and Reproductive Health Programme, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Olubukola O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Ojo
authors.affiliation: Population and Reproductive Health Programme, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Adesegun O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Fatusi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000193:education*; D021841:Safe Sex; D012736:Sex Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012725:Sexual Behavior