2018
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000593
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Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitude towards Sickle Cell Disease among University Students

Abstract: Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders among the African descent. SCD is associated with intermittent excruciating pain, increased morbidity and mortality yet has received less recognition in the public domain. There is growing evidence on the need to increase awareness to reduce the disease incidence. This study aimed to elicit student's knowledge, beliefs and attitude of SCD.

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“…Increased awareness and knowledge of haemoglobin genotype status have been identified as important in strengthening public health efforts towards addressing SCD especially in high prevalence settings [46]. Higher level of education and effective health education are reported to impact on awareness of haemoglobin genotype status [47,48]. The finding of very low awareness of personal haemoglobin genotype status among our participants and others from Northern Nigeria [39,40] is not surprising as literacy level in the Northern Nigeria has been noted to be low compared to the South [49].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Increased awareness and knowledge of haemoglobin genotype status have been identified as important in strengthening public health efforts towards addressing SCD especially in high prevalence settings [46]. Higher level of education and effective health education are reported to impact on awareness of haemoglobin genotype status [47,48]. The finding of very low awareness of personal haemoglobin genotype status among our participants and others from Northern Nigeria [39,40] is not surprising as literacy level in the Northern Nigeria has been noted to be low compared to the South [49].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the huge burden of SCD in sub-Saharan Africa, sub-optimal knowledge on the disease has also been reported by other authors in this region. [8][9][10][11][12] These studies [8][9][10][11][12] were, however, conducted among university undergraduates or fresh university graduates with disciplines not particularly related to health care. This underscores the poor level of knowledge of sickle cell diseases among the general population of tertiary institution students and fresh graduates and calls for an intensified approach towards educating Nigerian Students on SCD as it is a disorder of public health significance in Nigeria.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%