INFLUENCE OF HEALTH TALK ON YOUTHS’ WELL BEING IN BARUTEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE NIGERIA
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2015
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Published by Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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The study examined the influence of health talk on youths’ wellbeing in Baruten local government
area of Kwara State. Health talk is the process of educating individual and groups on issues of
improving their general wellbeing and preventing all forms of diseases. The variables examined
includes, Health talk in relation to reduction of: (i) Unhealthy habits; (ii) Early marriages / teenage
pregnancies and (iii) Substance abuse among youth in Baruten Local Government Area, of Kwara
State. This study adopted a descriptive research design of the survey type. The population of the
study comprised all youths from which 268 were sampled from youth groups participating in
health talk across the 1 1 electoral Wards in Baruten Local Government Area. The instrument used
was researchers’ designed questionnaire, validated by three experts in the field of health
education, from the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Health Education,
University of Ilorin. Split-half method was used to test the reliability of the instrument, using
spearman’s ranking order to get the reliability co-efficient of 0.74r. Inferential statistics of Chisquare was used to analyze the data collected for this study. All the hypotheses formulated for the
study were tested at 0.05alpha level of significance. The results revealed that health talk had
significantly influenced the reduction of unhealthy habits, early marriage / teenage pregnancies
and substance abuse among youths in Baruten Local Government area. Based on the findings of
the study, it was recommended among others that, Health talk should be extended beyond youth
groups and fora to other community members in the Local Government Area, with respect to
unhealthy habits, early marriages/teenage pregnancies and Substance abuse.
Keywords: Health Talk, Influence, Youths, Wellbeing, Substance abuse.
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Health Talk, Influence, Youths, Wellbeing, Substance abuse