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Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Female condom awareness and use have been poorly documented in sub-Saharan region especially among street youths. This study assessed its awareness and use among street youths. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 964 youths between ages 15 to 24 years old using questio...

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Autores principales: Uchendu, Obioma Chukwudi, Adeyera, Oluwapelumi, Owoaje, Eme Theodora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565129
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.168.12733
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Adeyera, Oluwapelumi
Owoaje, Eme Theodora
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description INTRODUCTION: Female condom awareness and use have been poorly documented in sub-Saharan region especially among street youths. This study assessed its awareness and use among street youths. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 964 youths between ages 15 to 24 years old using questionnaires to elicit information. Univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted at 5% level of significance. RESULTS: More than half (69.9%) were males and between 20-25 years of age (61.2%). More than three-quarter (81.0%) had initiated sexual activity. Almost half (47.9%) of the respondents have heard about female condoms however only 16.8% have ever seen while 4.3% have actually ever used a female condom. Age, education, current sexual activity and experience of rape attempt were predictors of female condom awareness. CONCLUSION: Awareness of female condom was a significant predictor of utilization of female condoms. There is therefore a need for proper awareness and education on the effectiveness of female condoms.
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spelling pubmed-67568052019-09-27 Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria Uchendu, Obioma Chukwudi Adeyera, Oluwapelumi Owoaje, Eme Theodora Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Female condom awareness and use have been poorly documented in sub-Saharan region especially among street youths. This study assessed its awareness and use among street youths. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 964 youths between ages 15 to 24 years old using questionnaires to elicit information. Univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted at 5% level of significance. RESULTS: More than half (69.9%) were males and between 20-25 years of age (61.2%). More than three-quarter (81.0%) had initiated sexual activity. Almost half (47.9%) of the respondents have heard about female condoms however only 16.8% have ever seen while 4.3% have actually ever used a female condom. Age, education, current sexual activity and experience of rape attempt were predictors of female condom awareness. CONCLUSION: Awareness of female condom was a significant predictor of utilization of female condoms. There is therefore a need for proper awareness and education on the effectiveness of female condoms. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6756805/ /pubmed/31565129 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.168.12733 Text en © Obioma Chukwudi Uchendu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adeyera, Oluwapelumi
Owoaje, Eme Theodora
Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title_full Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title_fullStr Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title_short Awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in Ibadan, an urban setting in South-West Nigeria
title_sort awareness and utilization of female condoms among street youths in ibadan, an urban setting in south-west nigeria
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565129
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.168.12733
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