J.A Agbonifoh

This study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude of secondary school students towards sexually transmitted diseases in Oredo Local Government Area . To guide this study, four research questions were raised. The study was a descriptive research which adopted the survey research design . The population of the study was 9900 secondary students. The sampling techniques used was Stratified random Sampling. The sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 100 respondents representing 2% of the total population of secondary students in the selected secondary schools. The questionnaire was validated by three experts and split - half method was used to establish reliability of which it's coefficient was 0.83 ascertaining the reliability of the questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count , percentages and pearson product moment correlation ( PPMC). The findings revealed that the students are knowledgeable to an extent about Sexually transmitted diseases And the attitude of the secondary school students towards STDs is not encouraging. Sources of information on sexually transmitted disease from the parents, school, social media etc. The various risk factors of sexually transmitted diseases includes adolescents been made vulnerable at most, it can lead to infertility in both males and females etc. The types of STDs, signs and symptoms, prevention and treatment of STDs. It was recommended that efforts should be made by parents, guardians to educate their children about sexually transmitted diseases, it should not be left only in the hands of school alone. And also the school‘s responsibility is to educate the students about the risk factors of sexually transmitted diseases, the consequences of increased sex partners. Abstinence should be talked about especially by a health teacher or an invited health personnel.

This study was designed to survey the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Oredo Local Government in Benin city, Edo state. A descriptive survey research design was used to obtain data. The instrument used to elicit information was the structured questionnaire. Two hundred questionnaires were administered and all were retrieved. The purposes of the study were:
- To determine if parental socio-economic status influences the prevalence of overweight and obesity.
- To determine if gender (sex) influences the prevalence ofoverweight and obesity. - To determine if physical activities influences the prevalence
of overweight and obesity. - To determine if eating behavior of adolescents influences the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Analysis and interpretation of data revealed that parental socio-economic status influences the prevalence of overweight and obesity. It revealed that the male genders were more
overweight or obese. It also revealed that physical inactivity and high consumption of energy dense food contributes significantly to the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The researcher therefore recommends that Nutrition education should be included as a relevant topic in the secondary school curriculum. There is a difference in term of gender with the male having higher prevalence, a multi-disciplinary approach including low fat diet, behavior modification and exercise is recommended.

The study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women towards routine Antenatal care on Egor primary health center, Benin City, Edo State. Three research questions were raised to guide the researcher. Various literatures were reviewed to the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study of the total number of pregnant women registered under Egor primary health center, Benin City, Edo State in 2022 is 104. The sample size for the study is 104. They were selected by simple random sampling technique. The study utilized a validated questionnaire that was designed by the researcher. From the data collected in the study, it was revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that they have high level of knowledge about routine antenatal care services as they firmly agreed that routine antenatal care helps in promoting healthy pregnancy, first antenatal checkup be on the first 3 months, antenatal care helps in pregnancy preparedness, antenatal class is good to prepare pregnant women mentally, antenatal care helps in complications prevention, antenatal care services deals with each woman's specific needs, that high blood pressure affect the foetus growth, pregnant woman need vitamin supplement and iron folic acid tablet during pregnancy.