Knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of sexually transmitted infections among unmarried youths in an urban community in Lagos State, Nigeria
| العنوان: | Knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of sexually transmitted infections among unmarried youths in an urban community in Lagos State, Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Esther O. Oluwole, Oluwatobiloba Dorcas Oyekanmi, Gbemisola E. Osanyin, Doyin O Ogunyemi |
| المصدر: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-7, Published: 2020 African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp e1-e7 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | AOSIS Publishing, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, knowledge, Adolescent, Urban Population, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, lcsh:Medicine, Good attitude, Nigeria, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental health, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Single person, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Local government area, sexually transmitted infections, Original Research, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, 030503 health policy & services, Public health, lcsh:R, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Mean age, Single Person, General Medicine, Urban community, Test (assessment), community survey, Cross-Sectional Studies, attitude, preventive practices, unmarried youths, Female, 0305 other medical science, Family Practice, business |
| الوصف: | Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are of public health importance as over 1 million STIs are acquired daily worldwide. One-third of the new cases of curable STIs affect younger persons aged less than 25 years. Sexually transmitted infections can lead to severe complications beyond the immediate impact of infections as such. Aim: This study assessed knowledge of, attitude towards and preventive practices of STI among young unmarried persons in Surulere local government area (LGA) of Lagos State, Nigeria. Setting: The study was conducted among young unmarried persons in Surulere LGA, Lagos State, Nigeria, between June and November 2018. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 450 young unmarried persons selected using a multistage sampling technique. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data. Analysis was carried out with Epi-Info 7.2.2.2 software. Chi-square was used to test for associations. Level of significance was at p ≤ 0.05. Results: The mean age was 19.9 + 2.5 years. Majority of the respondents (84.7%) had heard of STIs. About two-third (65.6%) had good knowledge, while majority (98.6%) had good attitude towards the prevention of STIs, but less than half (34.0%) had good preventive practices. Knowledge of STI was statistically significantly associated with age, level of education, attitude and preventive practices of the respondents. Conclusion: Most of the respondents were aware and had good attitude towards prevention of STI, but gaps exist in knowledge and preventive practices. Hence, targeted education to improve the knowledge and preventive practices against STI among young unmarried persons is recommended. |
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| اللغة: | English |
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| حقوق: | OPEN |
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