Authors :
Nwogueze Bartholomew Chukwuebuka; Daubry Tarela Melish Elias
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG021
Abstract :
This study examined the prevalence of
abortion and its impact on the academic performance of
medical female students in Delta State University,
Abraka. Descriptive survey method was employed for
the study while simple random sampling technique was
utilized in selecting a target sample size of 164 female
medical students from a population of 1,640 across five
departments in the College of Health Sciences, Delta
State University Abraka. Self-designed instrument was
used as the instrument for data collection. 150 copies of
the questionnaire were successful retrieved from the
field and were used for data analysis. Frequency count
and percentages was employed as the statistical
technique for data analysis. Results obtained from this
study revealed the following findings; abortion is
prevalent among the female medical students leaving
off-campus. Factors that influences female medical
students include; poverty and financial concern,
psychological factor, maternal and social factors, peer
group influence and poor knowledge of the risk factors
behind abortion. Consequences of abortion include; the
risk of anxiety and depression, negative impact on the
academic outcome, leads to school drop-out among
female students, lower degree of social support,
abandonment and rejection from family’s member and
deprives the female student from regular reading.
Therefore, strategies for preventing the negative effects
caused by abortion include; educating the female
medical student on the need to always use contraceptive,
always organize seminars to inform the female student
of the consequences of abortion, formulation polices
that allows for disciplinary measures on victims of
abortion and providing early sexuality education earlier
for the female child
Keywords :
Prevalence, Abortion, Medical, Academic Performance, Female Students.
This study examined the prevalence of
abortion and its impact on the academic performance of
medical female students in Delta State University,
Abraka. Descriptive survey method was employed for
the study while simple random sampling technique was
utilized in selecting a target sample size of 164 female
medical students from a population of 1,640 across five
departments in the College of Health Sciences, Delta
State University Abraka. Self-designed instrument was
used as the instrument for data collection. 150 copies of
the questionnaire were successful retrieved from the
field and were used for data analysis. Frequency count
and percentages was employed as the statistical
technique for data analysis. Results obtained from this
study revealed the following findings; abortion is
prevalent among the female medical students leaving
off-campus. Factors that influences female medical
students include; poverty and financial concern,
psychological factor, maternal and social factors, peer
group influence and poor knowledge of the risk factors
behind abortion. Consequences of abortion include; the
risk of anxiety and depression, negative impact on the
academic outcome, leads to school drop-out among
female students, lower degree of social support,
abandonment and rejection from family’s member and
deprives the female student from regular reading.
Therefore, strategies for preventing the negative effects
caused by abortion include; educating the female
medical student on the need to always use contraceptive,
always organize seminars to inform the female student
of the consequences of abortion, formulation polices
that allows for disciplinary measures on victims of
abortion and providing early sexuality education earlier
for the female child
Keywords :
Prevalence, Abortion, Medical, Academic Performance, Female Students.
