HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Breast milk has been the ideal food for infants starting from the earliest times and it is exclusively for babies. Exclusive breast feeding according to World Health Organization define feeding the infant with milk only with no additional food or liquid for the first 6 months of life. The purpose of this research is to examine the constraints in the adoption of exclusive breast feeding practices among working class (career) mothers in UNIBEN Health Centre. The aim of this research was to find out the constraints and factors contributing to noncompliance of career women in the adoption of exclusive breast feeding. It also aims at assessing the level of knowledge of exclusive breast feeding among career women as well as increasing the knowledge of the public towards the benefits of exclusive breast feeding and help suggest ways to overcome and deal with those constraints and challenges to successful practice of exclusive breast feeding. The descriptive survey research design was used, the target population consisted of 100 women attending UNIBEN health centre, random sampling technique was employed and a total of 100 questionnaires were distributed and same retrieved. Data was analyzed using simple percentages and frequency count. The result shows that most women have good knowledge of exclusive breast feeding and those who do not practice it due to one constraint or the other should be educated and the importance and gains of practicing exclusively. Also the health centre should endeavor to create enough break time for nursing mothers to practice exclusive breast feeding effectively.

This research focus on teenage pregnancy and its impact on the educational
development of teenagers in Ekosodin Secondary School, Benin City has become
increased as a result that teenage girls do not have adequate knowledge of protecting
themselves from unwanted pregnancy due to lack of sex education at homes, churches, and also in the schools. The aim of this study is therefore was to examine teenage
pregnancy and its impact on the educational development of teenager in Ekosodin
Secondary School, Benin City. The research design is a descriptive type of survey design and the study
population consisted of a total of 147 students of the study (Ekosodin Secondary School
Principal, 2022). A sample size of 100 respondents was selected using convenient
sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a well-designed structured
questionnaire which was validated by the project supervisor and two other lecturers from
the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. Collected data was
analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency and percentage tables. The
impact of teenage pregnancy on the educational development was established to help
reduce and prevent teenage pregnancy among the students and also increase the teaching
of sex education in schools. Also finding shows that teenage pregnancy affects teenagers
educational performance in school which can leads to poor academic performance, isolation from friends and family and also leads to drop out, lack of information, community and social pressure to marry, sexual violence social media influence, peer
pressure and others are some of the leading causes of teenage pregnancy, teenage mothers
faces a lot of challenges which includes, health challenges, premature labour, poverty and
providing adequate information and contraceptive, making emergency contraceptive
accessible, teaching of abstinence and introduction of sex education in the curriculum
will help in the reduction of teenage pregnancy among teenagers. And It is thus
recommended that the health educators should encouraged to give emotional support to
pregnant teenagers by showing them love and empathy, sex education should be
introduced in the Curriculum, health care professionals can help in improving the
knowledge and understanding on the uses of contraceptive in order to prevent teenage
pregnancy and abstinence should also be encouraged as the most effective method of
preventing teenage pregnancy

To establish and maintain a healthy, safe and conducive learning environment is a formidable task. Several factors are responsible for this. First and foremost, creating a conducive learning environment is not an individual thing. It is a collaborative venture that requires the cooperation of the school management, school personnel, the learners, parents and the community. To achieve this, requires robust administrative skills and commitment. Also, there must be a healthy working relationship among all stakeholders. The learner’s health and safety are paramount.

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