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Examining the use of the Internet for accessing reproductive health information by this group will provide useful information on their information needs and seeking behaviour.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this study was to investigate the use of the Internet for reproductive health information among adolescent female students in secondary schools in Enugu, Nigeria.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This descriptive study was conducted on adolescent female students in six secondary schools in Enugu urban. Data were collected using a self\u2010administered questionnaire. A total of 120 adolescent female students participated in the study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The adolescent female students use the Internet to seek for information on general see education (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0120, 100%), sexual hygiene (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a071, 59%), abstinence from premarital sex (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a068, 57%), avoidance of sexual abuse (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a067, 56%). Their preference for the Internet include its privacy (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0115, 96%) and wealth of information (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0111, 92%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adolescent female students use the Internet to meet their reproductive health information needs. 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