A Cross Sectional Study on HIV Risk Perception and Sexual Behaviours among Commercial Motorcyclists in Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria

Bako, IA; Jamda, MA; Audu, O; Araoye, MO

doi:10.5901/mjss.2017.v8n3p27

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“…This finding aligned with reports from a 2017 National health survey, which showed that only 28.6% of young people aged 15-24 could correctly identify ways of preventing sexual transmission of HIV (26). This raises a cause for concern because young people in Nigeria are among the most vulnerable group due to several reasons including their likelihood to engage in risky sexual behavior and low HIV risk perception (27,28,29). The majority of the participants (92.4%) had not taken nPEP before because they have not been exposed while 74 (20.3%) did not take because of fear and stigmatization.…”

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HIV Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Undergraduate Students of a Private University in South-West Nigeria

Elikwu

Ajani

Nwadike

et al. 2020

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Objectives: The Human Immunodeficiency virus causes an infection of public health importance with about 71% of the global burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, 3.2 million people are living with HIV, and 838,000 - 1.3 million of the cases are found among youths. Although Non- Occupational Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) is a safe and efficacious method of HIV prevention, it remains an underutilized prevention strategy in Nigeria. This study aimed to determine the awareness level of nPEP after sexual and other non-occupational exposure to HIV among undergraduate students of a private University. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among 395 undergraduates’ students. Data was collected by pre-tested structured self-administered questionnaires. Data obtained from the study were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 software program and Frequency distribution tables with percentages and cross-tables were used for data description. Results: About 42.8% were aware of nPEP. Most of the respondents 361 (91.4%) knew that PEP is to be given after HIV exposure risk following sexual intercourse. Although 79.5% of the respondents indicated that they will see their physician after unprotected sexual intercourse and other non-occupational exposure to HIV, the majority neither knows about nPEP initiation time, 247 (62.5%) nor its duration, 286 (72.4%). Conclusions: A low level of awareness was observed among our study participants, therefore, consistent health education and promotion of nPEP will improve its awareness, uptake, and possibly reduce the prevalence of HIV among our youths.

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HIV Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Undergraduate Students of a Private University in South-West Nigeria

Elikwu

Ajani

Nwadike

et al. 2020

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“…This high knowledge prevalence might be due to study population restriction to secondary school adolescents who constitute the largest proportion of young adults who are sexually active. Unlike the results of a study in Ekiti State [21] where the key sources of information were Television/radio, internet and magazines, findings of other studies carried out among adolescents both within and outside the country reported that major sources of information about STIs were school lessons, hospital/clinic, mass media, and health magazines [20,22] this study's major source of information for STIs were from Teachers 78(26.4%) followed by Radio/television 52(17.5%) and Internet 48(16.2%) aligns with findings from the study conducted in Zaria (20).…”

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Knowledge, understanding, and healthcare seeking behaviour of adolescent schoolgirls on sexually transmitted infections in Jalingo Taraba State

Adekeye¹,

Lot²,

Tagotikai³

2022

GSC Biol. Pharm. Sci.

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Background: Sexually transmitted infections are communicable infections acquired through sexual contact. They remain a major public health problem associated with high mortality and morbidity globally with an estimated 499million new infections each year globally influencing the quality of life, sexual, reproductive health including maternal and child health and affecting mostly young people especially in low- and middle-income countries from which adolescent female are most vulnerable and affected. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study design was conducted where a multistage sampling was used in selecting a total of 317 study participants. A structured self-administered questionnaire was utilized in this study. Data collected was analyzed and results were presented using appropriate tables and charts. Chi square test was carried out to check association between some socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge, understanding and healthcare seeking behaviours at P<0.05 level of significance. Result: A total of 317 adolescent schoolgirls from 2private and 2 public secondary school participated in the study. Majority of the study participants had heard about STIs 267(90.2%) with teachers and the media as their major source of information for STIs. Overall, 33.1% of the participant had good knowledge, 48.3% are fairly knowledgeable while 18.6% had poor knowledge of STIs. Understanding of information about STIs was limited where majority of the participants do not perceive themselves to be at risk of contracting STIs. The proportion of healthcare seeking among participants was low and care seeking was majorly from informal sources 36 % (traditional healer) participants also, pointed out confidentiality as major barrier to seeking healthcare. Conclusion: Knowledge among the study participants was fair for general knowledge but lacked depth, thus pointing out the need for a culturally appropriate comprehensive sexuality educational curriculum, that will improve the overall knowledge of STIs since adolescence provide opportunity to mitigate risk. Another need highlighted by this study is that of a youth friendly affordable sexual and reproductive health service free of discrimination that is accessible to adolescents especially girls.

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“…54 This raises a cause for concern because young people in Nigeria are among the most vulnerable group due to several reasons including their likelihood to engage in risky sexual behavior and low HIV risk perception. 4,40,55 Also young women aged 15-24 are almost twice as likely to be infected with HIV as their male counterparts in Nigeria. 26 This is similar to other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa where incidence rate of HIV infections among young women aged 15-24 were significantly higher than among young men of the same age.…”

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HIV Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Nigeria: A Review of Research Evidence and Practice.

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Background: Although non-occupational Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) has been proven to be efficacious in preventing HIV, it remains an underutilized prevention strategy in Nigeria. We aimed to conduct an overview of research studies on nPEP and practice in Nigeria from 2002 to 2018 examining: sociodemographic characteristics of study sample, awareness, knowledge and prior use of nPEP, reasons for HIV nPEP, timeliness in presenting for PEP, antiretrovirals (ARVs) used for nPEP, side effects and adherence, monitoring and follow-up visits, adherence to guidelines and recommendations for nPEP by healthcare institutions and the strength of evidence of reviewed studies. Methods: An electronic search on PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Medline, Embase and Google Scholar for published studies on nPEP from January 2002 to December 2018. We conducted our search using different combinations of the keywords:

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A Cross Sectional Study on HIV Risk Perception and Sexual Behaviours among Commercial Motorcyclists in Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria

Abstract: The study was aimed at determining the HIV risk perception and sexual behaviour among commercial motorcyclists in Makurdi

Cited by 8 publications

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HIV Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Undergraduate Students of a Private University in South-West Nigeria

HIV Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Undergraduate Students of a Private University in South-West Nigeria

Knowledge, understanding, and healthcare seeking behaviour of adolescent schoolgirls on sexually transmitted infections in Jalingo Taraba State

HIV Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Nigeria: A Review of Research Evidence and Practice.

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