Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey

Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide with incidence increasing rapidly in developing countries. Poor utilization of preventive healthcare services contributes to this high burden. Objective: To assess the knowledge and utilizatio...

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Autores principales:	Oluwatoyin Aribike, Ifeoma Okafor, Alero Roberts, Tinuola Odugbemi
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2019
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0c2726508b71415ba505dc59c41504a32021-12-02T04:59:53ZAre Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey2214-999610.5334/aogh.2355https://doaj.org/article/0c2726508b71415ba505dc59c41504a32019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2355https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide with incidence increasing rapidly in developing countries. Poor utilization of preventive healthcare services contributes to this high burden. Objective: To assess the knowledge and utilization of preventive healthcare services among women in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at Mainland Local Government Area (LGA) between May and July 2014. Respondents were selected using the multistage sampling method. A pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information. Data were analyzed using Epi info software version 7. Summary and inferential statistics were done and the level of significance was set at <5% (p < 0.05). Findings: Awareness of specified NCDs among the 322 respondents was 82.61% and of preventive healthcare services for the NCDs was 65.22%. Virtually all (99.05%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of these preventive services. Utilization rates were equally poor. Most common screening/tests done were Blood Pressure measurement (78.18%), Self breast examination (69.96%) and blood sugar test (58.33%). Much lower utilization rates were recorded for lipid profile (37.57%), Pap smear (26.11%), Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) (19.72%), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunization (16.55%) and mammography (14.72%). Conclusions: Respondents were aware of specified NCDs and preventive healthcare services. They considered routine medical check-up important, however they had poor knowledge of the preventive health services for NCDs and hardly utilized them. Women should be given detailed information on the preventive healthcare services to improve their knowledge and utilization so as to reduce the NCD burden.Oluwatoyin AribikeIfeoma OkaforAlero RobertsTinuola OdugbemiUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 85, Iss 1 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Oluwatoyin Aribike Ifeoma Okafor Alero Roberts Tinuola Odugbemi Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey
description	Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide with incidence increasing rapidly in developing countries. Poor utilization of preventive healthcare services contributes to this high burden. Objective: To assess the knowledge and utilization of preventive healthcare services among women in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at Mainland Local Government Area (LGA) between May and July 2014. Respondents were selected using the multistage sampling method. A pretested, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information. Data were analyzed using Epi info software version 7. Summary and inferential statistics were done and the level of significance was set at <5% (p < 0.05). Findings: Awareness of specified NCDs among the 322 respondents was 82.61% and of preventive healthcare services for the NCDs was 65.22%. Virtually all (99.05%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of these preventive services. Utilization rates were equally poor. Most common screening/tests done were Blood Pressure measurement (78.18%), Self breast examination (69.96%) and blood sugar test (58.33%). Much lower utilization rates were recorded for lipid profile (37.57%), Pap smear (26.11%), Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) (19.72%), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunization (16.55%) and mammography (14.72%). Conclusions: Respondents were aware of specified NCDs and preventive healthcare services. They considered routine medical check-up important, however they had poor knowledge of the preventive health services for NCDs and hardly utilized them. Women should be given detailed information on the preventive healthcare services to improve their knowledge and utilization so as to reduce the NCD burden.
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author	Oluwatoyin Aribike Ifeoma Okafor Alero Roberts Tinuola Odugbemi
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title	Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey
title_short	Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey
title_full	Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey
title_fullStr	Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey
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Are Nigerian Women Pro-Active about Noncommunicable Disease Prevention? A Quantitative Survey

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