Douching practices among women in the Bolgatanga municipality of the upper east region of Ghana
| العنوان: | Douching practices among women in the Bolgatanga municipality of the upper east region of Ghana |
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| المؤلفون: | Michele Flynch, Vida Nyagre Yakong, Florence Assibi Ziba, Keville Frederickson, Rockson Asaan Asore |
| المصدر: | BMC Women's Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019) BMC Women's Health |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Vaginal Douching, Adolescent, Urban Population, Bolgatanga Municipality, Health Behavior, Reproductive medicine, Vaginal hygiene, Ghana, lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics, Douching practices, 03 medical and health sciences, Health problems, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental health, Prevalence, Medicine, Humans, Women, 030212 general & internal medicine, Therapeutic Irrigation, lcsh:RG1-991, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, business.industry, Maternal and child health, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, lcsh:RA1-1270, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cross-Sectional Studies, Knowledge, Reproductive Medicine, Vagina, Health education, Female, business, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background Vaginal douching is a common practice among women all over the world. Women douche for various reasons, despite evidence indicating the harmful health effects of the practice. There is lack of data on the practice in Ghana but health behaviors like vaginal douching may be influenced by differences in culture and geography. Therefore, this study sought to assess prevalence and predictors of vaginal douching practices among women of the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 women from January to March 2016. Results Sixty-seven percent of the women practiced vaginal douching, from which a similar proportion did it daily. Over two-thirds (67.7%) of the women used water for douching. The reasons for douching were cleansing the vagina (67.7%), therapeutic effects (12.8%) and tightening of the vaginal muscles (19.5%). The majority (87.2%) of women who douched were unaware of the harmful health effects associated with the practice. The educational level of the women (p = 0.025) and having knowledge of the dangers associated with douching (p |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1472-6874 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::49ff5fd02175776250b7d991dd0c3644Test http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-019-0720-7Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....49ff5fd02175776250b7d991dd0c3644 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14726874 |
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