دورية أكاديمية
Contraception among bankers in an urban community in Lagos State, Nigeria.
| العنوان: | Contraception among bankers in an urban community in Lagos State, Nigeria. |
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| المؤلفون: | Meka IA; Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, Nigeria., Okwara EC, Meka AO |
| المصدر: | The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2013 Feb 27; Vol. 14, pp. 80. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 27 (Print Publication: 2013). |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: African Field Epidemiology Network Country of Publication: Uganda NLM ID: 101517926 Publication Model: Electronic-Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1937-8688 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pan Afr Med J Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Kampala, Uganda : African Field Epidemiology Network |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*, Contraception/*statistics & numerical data, Adult ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nigeria ; Occupations ; Urban Population ; Young Adult |
| مستخلص: | Introduction: Contraception means procedures employed to interfere at one stage or the other with the normal sequence of events in the process of reproduction leading to a failure in conception. It means voluntary techniques adopted to achieve birth control. Its use remains sensitive worldwide. Within the same society, contraception varies amongst people of different socio-cultural, educational, religious, or occupational affiliations. It also varies between urban and rural settlements. Some contraceptive techniques also prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The prevalence of STIs also varies with these same factors. There is very limited literature on contraception exclusively amongst bankers. We sought to investigate the level of awareness and practice of contraception amongst bankers in an urban society in Lagos State, Nigeria. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 200 self-administered structured questionnaires were retrieved from bankers from 5 banks selected by simple random sampling in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Data was subsequently statistically analyzed using SPSS. Results: The age range was 21-45 years, mean 28.8±1.4 years, 51.7% were males (72% single, 27% married, 1% separated) and 48.3% were females (52.4% single, 47.6% married). All (100%) respondents were aware of contraception, 93.3% males and 91.7% females were sexually active, 88.9% males and 84.5% females believe contraception is useful. Most (71.4%) respondents practice contraception, males (81%) being more than females (61.1%), p < 0.05. More (71.4%) females and fewer (37.8%) males believe that contraception prevents pregnancy but not STIs, 28.6% of females and 46.6% of males believe it prevents both pregnancy and STIs, whereas 14% of males and no female believe contraception prevents STIs but not pregnancy. Conclusion: The awareness of and practice of contraception was very high among the bankers but more male bankers practice contraception whereas more female bankers perceive contraceptives to be for the married only. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Contraception; awareness; bankers; knowledge; practice; prevalence |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20130507 Date Completed: 20130930 Latest Revision: 20220410 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC3641941 |
| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.80.2216 |
| PMID: | 23646216 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1937-8688 |
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| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.80.2216 |