Predictors of male condom utilization in Plateau State, Nigeria

Chingle, MP; Odunze, P. A.; Mohammed, Amina; Bitto, TT; Olutomi, Y Sodipo; Zoakah, AI

doi:10.4103/njcp.njcp_56_17

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“…This is despite the majority of the participants in the current study affirming access to condoms, with more than half (69%) indicating that they found condom use in marriage acceptable, others indicating that they could ask their partners to use condoms, and still others stating that they would not mind if the partner asked to use a condom. Similar results have been found in other studies that were conducted in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa [ 10 , 16 , 17 ]. Interestingly, more than half of the participants indicated that they would consider using condoms in future.…”

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Determining the level of condom use and associated factors among married people in Tshwane District of South Africa

2021

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Introduction despite the wide availability of free male condoms in South Africa, high rates of new HIV transmissions are reported to occur among married couples. The aim of this study was to determine the level of condom use among the married people and to assess the factors associated with condom use in the Tshwane district of the Gauteng province. Methods a cross-sectional study was conducted among 325 clients accessing health care services at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. A self- administered questionnaire was used to collect data, which were entered onto an Excel spreadsheet and imported into Epi info version 7 for analysis. A logistic regression model was used to investigate the association between condom use and the explanatory variables. The odds ratio was used to measure the strength of the associations. The 95% CI and a cut-off point of 0.05 for the p-value were used to indicate statistical significance. Results the mean age of the participants was 41.6 years (SD=7.7). Two hundred and seventy-six (276; 85%) of the 325 participants reported not using condoms. Trust, doing regular HIV testing, and refusal by the husband were among the reasons given for not using condoms. In this study it was found that, the level of education, age and employment status were the determinants of condom use. Conclusion the level of condom use was low and sero-discordance was found to be the primary motivator for condom use. This study recommends the strengthening of and the widespread implementation of the CVCT service.

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Determining the level of condom use and associated factors among married people in Tshwane District of South Africa

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“…There was significant association between both of educational and marital state of respondent with condom use; this result is in line with the findings of the studies conducted in Nigeria and Mexico City. 15,16 There was higher level of condom use 17.6% among higher socioeconomic status, this result was consistent with a study conducted in Pakistan. 17 The result may be due to a better accessibility to family planning services and an easier access to information about awareness and prevention from STIs by people from higher socio-economic class.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of condom use among the married women in Mirpur area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Methe

Sultana

Muhammad

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Condom is an important method of family planning and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Condom is the only contraceptive method that can protect against both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Unprotected sex leads to many unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The family planning saves lives of women and children and improves the quality of life. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice of condom use among the married women in Mirpur area of Dhaka city in Bangladesh.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the randomly selected sample of 101 women aged 15-49 years from selected areas of Mirpur in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the required information from the study participants using face to face interview. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 21.0 version.Results: Only 5.9% of the study participants had ever used condom. Most of the study participants (93.1%) considered a condom as an effective method for birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (10.9%). However, 36.6% of them believed that condom use had some harmful effects. The main reason for condom use among the users was for family planning (83.3%) and the rest (16.7%) mentioned that it was due to STIs prevention and family planning. The condom use was found significantly associated with age, educational level, partner’s educational level, socio-economic status, and perceived risk of STIs.Conclusions: The study revealed that the rate of condom use was very low among the study participants. This might be due to lack of knowledge about proper and effective use of condoms, low perception of risk of STIs, misperception about harmful effects of condoms and the use of other family planning methods by respondents.

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“…Studies have shown that 68% of undergraduates in South-eastern Nigeria are sexually active, 17.9% of these undergraduates have more than two sexual partners per year and 13.7% have more than five sexual partners per year [15]. Similar reports of high level of unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple sexual partners among University undergraduates have been reported in Southern Nigeria [11], North central Nigerian [10], Ethiopia [16] and China [17]. The factors responsible for this multiple sexual partners are satisfying sexual urge, peer pressure, ignorance, promiscuity, and sexual addiction [18].…”

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“…However, a significant percentage does not consistently use condom during sexual intercourse [9]. Barriers to male condom use identified among Nigerian undergraduates are reduced pleasure during sex, partners' decision, not protective for pregnancy, difficult to use, not affordable, allergy to latex, not readily available, and religion [10] [11]. There is also a very poor knowledge and use of female condom among the Nigerian Undergraduates [12], which primarily has been attributed to unavailability and difficulty in using it [13] [14] [15].…”

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Evaluation of Condom Use among University Undergraduates in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Oranu¹,

Woruka²,

Nonye-Enyindah³

2020

JBM

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Background: Barrier contraception has the beauty of dual protection-against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Following the persisting burden of unsafe abortion and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), much sensitization/campaign has been ongoing in the past few decades by government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria against unprotected sexual intercourse. The youth are generally assumed to have high risk sexual behaviour, hence this study on Port Harcourt university undergraduates. Objectives: To determine the awareness and use of condom among University undergraduates in Port Harcourt. Methods: The study was a prospective descriptive cross-sectional study of 636 undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt and Rivers state University, South-south Nigeria. The multistage sampling technique was used to randomly select participants and data collected using a pretested structured self administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using version 23.0 SPSS and reported in means, frequencies and percentages. Probability value was set at 5% (p < 0.05) at a confidence interval of 95%. Result: Majority of the undergraduates (58.4%) had their first sexual intercourse at ≤19 years. A total of 580 (97.8%) and 467 (78.9%) were aware of male and female condoms respectively. However, a statistically significant number of sexually active undergraduates had unprotected sexual intercourse (p < 0.001; χ 2 = 200.602). Only 5.5% of the respondents in this study were willing to know their HIV status. Conclusion: There is a high level of condom awareness among Port Harcourt University undergraduates. Surprisingly, their practice of unprotected sexual intercourse is still high.

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Predictors of male condom utilization in Plateau State, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

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Determining the level of condom use and associated factors among married people in Tshwane District of South Africa

Determining the level of condom use and associated factors among married people in Tshwane District of South Africa

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of condom use among the married women in Mirpur area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Evaluation of Condom Use among University Undergraduates in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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