ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state. To achieve this purpose, stratified proportional sampling procedure was used to draw the sample from Kaduna state; it was divided into three (3) senatorial zones, where two (2) Local Government Areas were selected from each zone making six (6) Local Government Areas selected. Thus, a total of 377 women were used for the study. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation to answer research questions on knowledge, attitude, and practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the major hypothesis, one sample t-test was used to test hypotheses 1-3 and ANOVA was used to test hypotheses 4-6; the influence of knowledge and attitude on practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights, the significant difference in knowledge, attitude, and practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights, and the significant effect of marital status, educational level, and occupation on knowledge, attitude, and practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state respectively. The findings of the study revealed: Knowledge and attitude significantly influence the practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state, Nigeria. There is no significant difference in knowledge, attitude, and practice of sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state. Marital status, educational level, and occupation have significant effect on knowledge, attitude, and practice of women towards sexual and reproductive health rights. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made; enlightenment campaigns, advocacy and community mobilization programs should be embarked on to improve knowledge, impact positive attitude towards sexual and reproductive health rights, hence enable good practice of sexual and reproductive health rights in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
