This study examined the influence of health information literacy on risky sexual behaviour of adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun Central Senatorial District, Nigeria. Survey research design was used and randomly selected a sample size of 400 respondents from a population of 127, 021 senior Secondary School Students in Ogun Central Senatorial District, using the Multistage sampling technique. A structured and validated questionnaire designed by the researcher was used to collect the data. Cronbach’s’s alpha reliability coefficients were 0.70 and 0.91. The response rate was 98%. Data analysis was done using inferential (regression) statistics. Health information literacy had significant influence on risky sexual behaviour of the respondents (R2 = .070, β = .319, t (398) = 5.442, p<0.05). Simple linear regression was used to analyze the hypothesis. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software (SPSS Version 21) was used to analyze coded data responses to generate inferential statistics. The study concluded that Health information literacy had a significant influence on risky sexual behaviour, which implies that health information literacy contributed to reduction/or prevention of risky sexual behaviour among students. The study recommended that stakeholders should intensify efforts in organizing information-based intervention programs to further reduce or prevent risky sexual behaviour among secondary school students. In addition, the broadcast media should organize more programs such as campaigns, debates, talk shows, documentaries and movies that will empower adolescents to make good sexual choices.
Folorunso-Ako et al. (Thu,) studied this question.