• Chinedu Arthur Idoko, Chinelo Ifeoma Idoko, and Ikechukwu Christian Chidolue.
• Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria.
• Afr Health Sci. 2019 Dec 1; 19 (4): 3018-3026.

BackgroundHealth Education on reproductive health issues is indispensible in fostering safe sexual and reproductive health more so in rural populations. This study aimed at reflecting the role of health education in improvement of attitude of women to reproductive health in a rural Nigerian Local Government (LG).MethodsThere was a pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention stages in this cross-sectional study. Baseline data was collected from study and control groups after which health education was only administered to study group. Post-intervention data was collected thereafter. Chi-square Test was used to test for any significant differences while multiple regression analysis was done for factors affecting reproductive health.ResultsWe found a statistically significant increase in parameters relating to study respondents' attitude to reproductive health post intervention, (p = 0.000 for condoms use and concern about risk of STIs). This was not same for the control group.ConclusionA significant number of women proved a better and positive attitude to reproductive health after intervention such as improved use of condoms to evade risks associated with unprotected sex, concern about risk of HIV and STIs.© 2019 Idoko et al.

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