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Peer education is a proven and effective approach for promoting reproductive health among young people, especially HIV\/AIDS education. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a peer-led education intervention in addressing sexual and reproductive health related knowledge and concerns among young people in Kaduna and Kano States,\u00a0northwest Nigeria.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A pre and post-test study was conducted among 8930 young people aged 15\u201324\u00a0years who participated in the MTV Shuga Peer Education intervention selected from communities in Kaduna and Kano States. A baseline pre-test was conducted before the education program, and it was followed up with a post-test at the end of the five-day long peer education sessions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Majority of the respondents, 7846 (87.9%) were adolescents aged 15\u201319\u00a0years while the rest 1084 (12.1%) were young adults aged 20\u201324\u00a0years. A total of 6099 (68.3%) of the respondents correctly stated that condoms prevent pregnancy during the pre-test compared to 6429 (72.0%) peers during the post test. Lower abdominal pain was correctly indicated as a symptom of STI by 6282 (70.3%) and 6984 (78.2%) of the respondents at pre-test and post-test respectively. More males (58.5%) had good knowledge about condom use compared to the females, 51.9% (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200924.62, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). while more females (79.6%) compared to 74.7% males opined that going for HIV test with their sexual partner is important to them during the pre-test (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200919.44, p\u2264\u20090.001).However, no significant difference was observed on knowledge of condom use and opinion on going for HIV testing with sexual partner among either gender at post-test.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Significant positive changes in knowledge, views and opinions regarding STIs and HIV, HIV anti-stigma and the use of condoms were observed following exposure to the peer sessions of the MTV Shuga peer education intervention. Sustained exposure and access to informative and enlightening peer education sessions over time have the potential to comprehensively improve SRH knowledge, influence positive opinion change and in turn adoption of positive behaviours among young people.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12978-021-01251-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,13]],"date-time":"2021-10-13T01:07:06Z","timestamp":1634087226000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Impact of peer education on sexual health knowledge among adolescents and young persons in two North Western states of Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Selema","family":"Akuiyibo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Anyanti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omokhudu","family":"Idogho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Piot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3032-6784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Babatunde","family":"Amoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nelson","family":"Nwankwo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nnamdi","family":"Anosike","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,12]]},"reference":[{"issue":"11","key":"1251_CR1","first-page":"1200","volume":"42","author":"F Abdi","year":"2013","unstructured":"Abdi F, Simbar M. 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