EFFECTS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE VICTIMS RESPONSE AND REPORTING SYSTEM IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA

The failure of human relationship leads to family violence. On daily basis, public frowns at people violating the safety right of their family members. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of Health Education Intervention on family violence victim`s response and reporting system in Ogun State. The study is experimental with the participants randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. The study had 120 participants drawn through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instruments used were Hurt, Insult, Threat and Scream (HITS) Instrument (r = 0.68), Family APGAR (r = 0.89) and Health Education Intervention Package named Family Violence Victim`s Response And Reporting Education (FamVRARE). Four (4) research questions raised were answered with descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation scores while three hypotheses formulated were tested with t-test, and the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed, amongst others, that Health Education Intervention (HEI) had significant effect on family violence victim`s response and reporting system (t = 15.852, p < 0.05). The main effect of treatment was significant (F (1, 41) = 231.459, P < 0.05), MCA shows a grand mean of 28.54, the treatment group obtained higher adjusted post-test mean score of 36.40 (i.e. 28.54+7.86) than that of the control group of 20.68 (i.e. 28.54-7.86). Based on the findings, it was concluded that Health Education Intervention had significant impact on family violence victim`s response and reporting system. It was recommended that family violence safety officers should be trained by the government and the relevant agencies. Family violence safety unit of the police force should be established to manage family violence in the state while access to such unit at the community is made easy. Family violence safety management should be included in the health education curriculum at all levels of education.