Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria
Objective: This study examined the perception and practices relating to Hepatitis B infection among In-school adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods:Â A cross-sectional study of 300 in-school adolescents selected by a multi-stage sampling method. Data were elicited using a pretested self-adm...
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| description | Objective: This study examined the perception and practices relating to Hepatitis B infection among In-school adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria.
Methods:Â A cross-sectional study of 300 in-school adolescents selected by a multi-stage sampling method. Data were elicited using a pretested self-administered questionnaire which included questions relating to respondents' risky practices, and a 35-point Hepatitis B perception scale. Descriptive statistics, as well as Chi-square statistics, were generated using IBM SPSS Version 23, and the significance level was set at 0.05.
Results: The mean age of the respondents was 14.31 ± 1.73years and slightly over half (51.7%) were females. Less than half (45%) of the adolescents perceived themselves to be susceptible to Hepatitis B infection, while 31% perceived Hepatitis B infection to be a serious disease. Almost half (49%) of the adolescents had unfavorable perceptions. The most common risky practices among the respondents were sharing skin-piercing instruments with their family members (79%) and friends (68.7%). There are significant associations between sex (gender) and risky practices such as the practices of unsafe sex (X2= 9.11; p=0.10); having multiple sexual partners (X2= 12.08; p =0.02); and sharing skin-piercing instruments (X2= 5.52; p=0.01) with more males reporting the above practices than females.
Conclusion/Recommendation: To minimize the identified risky practices and unfavorable perception, educational intervention programs aimed at promoting Hepatitis B virus preventive behaviors and increasing the level of perception of vulnerability and seriousness of HBV infection among in-school adolescents should be conducted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa1967b589ac4b26a7bb3ab11576077b2022-12-21T20:11:06ZengBabcock Medical SocietyBabcock University Medical Journal2465-66662756-46572021-06-014110.38029/bumj.v4i1.5760Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, NigeriaTitilayo Olaoye0Catherine AgbedeFredrick OshinameBabcock UniversityObjective: This study examined the perception and practices relating to Hepatitis B infection among In-school adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 300 in-school adolescents selected by a multi-stage sampling method. Data were elicited using a pretested self-administered questionnaire which included questions relating to respondents' risky practices, and a 35-point Hepatitis B perception scale. Descriptive statistics, as well as Chi-square statistics, were generated using IBM SPSS Version 23, and the significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 14.31 ± 1.73years and slightly over half (51.7%) were females. Less than half (45%) of the adolescents perceived themselves to be susceptible to Hepatitis B infection, while 31% perceived Hepatitis B infection to be a serious disease. Almost half (49%) of the adolescents had unfavorable perceptions. The most common risky practices among the respondents were sharing skin-piercing instruments with their family members (79%) and friends (68.7%). There are significant associations between sex (gender) and risky practices such as the practices of unsafe sex (X2= 9.11; p=0.10); having multiple sexual partners (X2= 12.08; p =0.02); and sharing skin-piercing instruments (X2= 5.52; p=0.01) with more males reporting the above practices than females. Conclusion/Recommendation: To minimize the identified risky practices and unfavorable perception, educational intervention programs aimed at promoting Hepatitis B virus preventive behaviors and increasing the level of perception of vulnerability and seriousness of HBV infection among in-school adolescents should be conducted.http://bumj.babcock.edu.ng/index.php/bumj/article/view/57In-school adolescentsPerceptionHepatitis BPractices |
| spellingShingle | Titilayo Olaoye Catherine Agbede Fredrick Oshiname Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria Babcock University Medical Journal In-school adolescents Perception Hepatitis B Practices |
| title | Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Perception and Practices relating to Hepatitis B Infection among In-school Adolescents in Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | perception and practices relating to hepatitis b infection among in school adolescents in ogun state nigeria |
| topic | In-school adolescents Perception Hepatitis B Practices |
| url | http://bumj.babcock.edu.ng/index.php/bumj/article/view/57 |
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