Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Assault among Students of Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
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2021-09-11
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A publication of the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria
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IIorin Journal of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education 87
PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AMONG
STUDENTS OF KWARA STATE POLYTECHNIC ILORIN, ILORIN. NIGERIA
UMAR N. JIBRIL,
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of IIorin.
SANUSI A. ARIMIY AU,
Department of Health Promotion and Environment Health Education, University of ttotin, Nigeria.
BADAKI L. OLUSEGUN,
Department of Human Kinetic and Health Education, Faculty of Education,
Federal University, Dutsin-ma.
ALIYUUMAR,
Department of Nursing Services, National Hospital, Abuja Federal Capital Territory
UMAR, G. AMINAT,
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of /lorin.
IBRAHEEM, A. MULIKAT,
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of liotin.
REJUARO, F. MORESOLA,
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of tiotin.
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IMAM A. ABUBAKAR
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of ltorir:
Umar N. Jibril, RN. Ph.D, The Corresponding Author,
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences,
Universitv of IIorin Nigeria umariona@gmail com
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This study is a descriptive cross secuone: design that examined Prevalence and Predictors of
Sexual Assault among Students of Kwa,·a State Polytechnic 1I0nn. The study population of 204
students was selected using simple random of fish-bowl sampling method Researchers'
designed questionnaire was used for data collection, face and content validity of the instrument
was ascertained and relIability of the instrument was establisf'ed through a pilot study on 25
students from a similar tertiary institution located 150 Kilo meter away from the study setting. The
result analyzed using Statistical Produc Service Solution version 22 with reliability coefficient of
0.85, if1cficating the reliability of the instrument. Institutional ethical approval and students informed consent granted for the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics for
research questions and inferential statistics of Chi-square to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. The findings shows sexual assault prevalence rate of 32%, unwanted tOUChing,and
raped were forms of assaults. Factors predicting sexual assaults are attractiveness to opposite
sex, financial constraints, Intellectual/physically challenged respectively. This study concludes
that there is significant difference between Ethnicity (0.001), Education (0.011) and Religion
(0.002) with P value< 0.05 and prevalence of sexual assault among students, but showed no
significant association between sex with P value (0.302) > 0.05 and prevalence of sexual assault
among students of the Polytechnic respectively. Authors recommended that school should
encourage victims of sexual assault to report early and stringent punishment be melted on the
perpetrators of sexual assault on campuses
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