Mister

This school based assessment (SBA) will help to understand and determine why contraceptives should be sold to secondary school students. There was a total of 25 questionnaires 56% of respondents were females (4%) 15 years, (44%) 16 years and (8%) 17 years old. The remaining (44%) of respondents were male (8%) 15 years, (24%) 16 years and (12%) 17 years old. The majority of the respondents believe that teenage pregnancy can be reduced if contraceptives were provided. Based on the respondents’ responses (96%) said yes while (4%) said that they do not believe contraceptives would reduce teenage pregnancy. However of the (96%) who believed that contraceptives would reduce teenage pregnancy (92%) stated that contraceptives should be given to Sir Ira Simmons students while 8% said contraceptives should not be given to Sir Ira Simmons Secondary school students. Most respondents that engage in sexual activities use contraceptives. 80% of the respondents said they use contraceptives but (16%) said they do not use contraceptives although they engage in sexual activities. These (16%) of students do not use contraceptives because they are unable to obtain contraceptives. However only (96%) of these students would purchase the contraceptives if they were given the choice, on the other hand (4%) of these students would not purchase contraceptives. From the research it was seen that most respondents are unable obtain contraceptives. (56%) of respondents are able to purchase contraceptives, (32%) obtain their contraceptives from their friends, (8%) get contraceptives from their houses and no one chose the final option. Out of the 25 respondents 72% believe contraceptives should be sold to students in order to prevent teenage pregnancy, on a lesser note 24% thought that it would prevent STD’s and 4% said it would cause students to engage in more sexual activities, none of the respondents chose the final option to have fun. Some respondents believed that their friends would