Awareness of health risks and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among youths in Wadata community, Makurdi, Benue state Department:Public Health By: Ekings Project ID: 2785 Rating: (3.1) votes: 20 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractSexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality among women in the child-bearing age. In order to institute appropriate preventive measures, there is need to establish the profile of knowledge of the predisposing factors and causation of STDs, attitude to sexual practice and sexual patterns among the susceptible young people. Adopting a qualitative research design, a detailed questionnaire identifying socio-demographic characteristics, sexual patterns, and knowledge of STDs as well as attitudes towards prevention of STDs was administered to 200 youths of Demekpe community Wadata, Makurdi, Benue State. Knowledge of the clinical features of gonorrhea and AIDS was high most knew the predisposing factors for STDs (multiple sexual partners 90% unprotected sexual intercourse 93% rape 81% sex Outside marriage 78%, and sex under the influence of alcohol 73%) but not so for syphilis. Males were three times more likely to contract STDs (27%) than their female (9%) counterparts. Whereas knowledge of methods of prevention was high (90%) it was not followed by appropriate behavioural patterns. More female (33.5%) youths had heard about Trichomonas vaginalis than males (23%) (XI 17.1 0.0001). This study has shown that more females than male youths got information from their parents (X2 25.3 p 0.001) while more male youths had their information from previous sexual intercourse (X2 12.9 p 0.001). The level of knowledge about STDs and their prevention is not matched by sexual behavioural patterns, and male youths undertake more risky sexual behaviour. Sexual education should be introduced at the university as a means of increasing youth awareness about the problem and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. ...Preview Download Preview +Other Public Health project topics and materials you might be interested in»Cultural practices and implication to health promotion among Akoko northeast local government area, Ondo state»Impact of public pit toilet system and its associated problems - case study of Udi lga, Enugu state»The challenges facing confidentiality of patients health information and how to improve on it»Challenges of osteoarthritis and its management in older adults above 65 in Awuda village, Anambra state»Assessment of the utilization of standard precaution in the prevention of disease among health care workers in Madonna University Teaching Hospital»Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived benefits of environmental sanitation among adults in Osogbo local government area Osun state, Nigeria»Health seeking behaviours of persons with tuberculosis among residents in Amanator Ideato south Lga, Imo state»Awareness of health risks and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among youths in Wadata community, Makurdi, Benue state»Awareness and practices in the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia among elderly in Owan east Lga, Edo state»Awareness of health implication of self-medication among the students of Paraclete Secondary School, Enugu state»Awareness of prostrate disorder and access to counselling among male adults in Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Rivers state»Health care seeking behaviour among the aged 60yrs in Bende local government area in Abia state»The attitude of pregnant women towards the utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets in Gwale local government area of Kano state»Perception and attitude of women of childbearing age towards caesarian celivery in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun State»Factors influencing the use of traditional medicine in the treatment of malaria among the residents of Arulogun area, Ede, Osun state