EFFECT OF COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS ON GENOTYPE COMPATIBILITY DECISION AMONG YOUTHS TO PREVENT SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Kolawole Ayodele; Emmanuel Morka; Samuel Okere

doi:10.48047/sg1ngf75

Authors

Ass. Prof. Kolawole Ayodele Babcock University Author
Dr. Emmanuel Morka University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria Author
Ass. Prof. Samuel Okere Babcock University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48047/sg1ngf75

Keywords:

Communication intervention, premarital decisions, sickle cell diseases

Abstract

In order to stem the tide of sickle cell disease (SCD), there is the need for the development and deployment of appropriate intervention messages to members of the society. This study assessed the effect of health talk, health flyers, and a combination of health talk and health flyers in equipping youths with knowledge on genotype premarital decisions towards prevention of SCD. The study utilized three groups pretest posttest quasi-experimental design. The multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 123 youths. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Two research hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariance fixed at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that the participants under a combination of Health Talk and Health Messages using flyers benefited more in the intervention compared to participants exposed to Health Talk and the use of flyers. A significant difference was observed in the effect of Health Talk, Health Messages using flyers, combination of Health Talk and Health Messages using flyers on participants’ premarital decisions towards SCD. It is recommended that sickle cell disease education should be added to the health education curriculum of senior secondary schools and tertiary institutions. This will help to educate the youths on sickle cell disease at early age.

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Author Biography

Ass. Prof. Kolawole Ayodele, Babcock University

Ayodele Kolawole Olanrewaju is an Associate Professor of Health and Applied Psychology. His academic interest is primarily in the field of counselling psychology focusing on wellness with major focus on sexuality, interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship. My work has contributed to knowledge in the above specified areas and has sparked off researches, particularly on adolescents' sexual health and wellness. Kolawole has a broad background in psychology, with specific training and expertise in remedial and reformatory counselling, experimental and survey research and secondary data analysis on health and psychological aspects of adolescents life.

Kolawole have been involved in the design, planning, and execution of research initiatives as well as the creation of funding proposals as a Research Methodologist and Principal Research Officer at Babcock University. He has worked on research data management systems, data analysis and interpretation, research protocol development, standard operating procedures, writing peer-reviewed reports and manuscripts, preparing and presenting research at scientific meetings, and critical systematic reviews of the literature.

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