Knowledge And Attitude Of Youth Corps Members In Lagos To Sickle Cell Disease

F. Olatona, K. Odeyemi
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Sickle cell disease has remained a public health problem in Nigeria. This study was carried out to determine the knowledge and attitudes of unmarried NYSC members in Lagos State to sickle cell disease and screening. This study was a cross sectional study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Data was collected from 220 Youth Corps Members in Lagos State using a self administered questionnaire. Almost all the respondents were aware of sickle cell but only 25.3% had good level of knowledge about it. Most of the Sicklerespondents had positive attitudes to many aspects of sickle cell disease. However, their perception of risk of the trait in relatives and partners, as well as the risk of the disease in children was very low. There was a significant relationship between level of knowledge on sickle cell and having a genotype test (p Keywords : Knowledge, attitude, Sickle Cell Disease ,Screening, Youth Corps members.
拉各斯青年团成员对镰状细胞病的知识和态度
镰状细胞病仍然是尼日利亚的一个公共卫生问题。本研究旨在确定拉各斯州未婚NYSC成员对镰状细胞病和筛查的知识和态度。这项研究是一项横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样方法选择调查对象。数据是从拉各斯州220名青年团成员中收集的,使用自我管理的问卷。几乎所有的受访者都知道镰状细胞病,但只有25.3%的人对镰状细胞病有良好的了解。大多数镰状细胞病患者对镰状细胞病的许多方面都持积极态度。然而,他们认为亲属和伴侣有这种特征的风险,以及孩子患这种疾病的风险都很低。镰状细胞病知识水平与基因型检测呈显著相关(p)。关键词:知识,态度,镰状细胞病,筛查,青年团员
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