Knowledge and utilization of contraceptive devices among unmarried undergraduate students of a tertiary institution in Kano State, Nigeria 2016

Students in the universities mostly live independently from their parents or guardians, some of them for the first time. This gives them freedom and opportunity for high risk behavior such as unplanned and unprotected sex. The results of such sexual experimentation may include unplanned and or unwan...

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Published in:	The Pan African medical journal Vol. 26; no. 103; p. 103
Main Authors:	Ahmed, Zainab Datti, Sule, Ibrahim Baffa, Abolaji, Mohammed Lukman, Mohammed, Yahaya, Nguku, Patrick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2017 The African Field Epidemiology Network The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult bayero university kano Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data Contraceptive Devices - utilization contraceptives use Cross-Sectional Studies determinants Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Nigeria Risk-Taking Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data Single Person Students - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires undergraduates Universities unmarried Young Adult Determinants unmarried Bayero University Kano undergraduates contraceptives use
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Summary:	Students in the universities mostly live independently from their parents or guardians, some of them for the first time. This gives them freedom and opportunity for high risk behavior such as unplanned and unprotected sex. The results of such sexual experimentation may include unplanned and or unwanted pregnancies that may lead to unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS. Contraception has the potential to prevent unwanted pregnancies, abortion, and STIs. This study aimed at assessing the general knowledge on contraceptives, sexual practices, and level of utilization of contraceptives devices among unmarried students of the Bayero University Kano. We did an institutional based cross-sectional descriptive study. We administered a pretested, self-administered, structured questionnaire to randomly selected unmarried undergraduate students of the institution. We analyzed data using Microsoft Excel 2016 and Epi-info7. A total of 300 students were interviewed. The median age for respondents was 23 years with an age range of 16-25 years. Male respondents made up 61.3% (184) while the females made up the remaining 38.7% (116). Also, 158(47.33%) of respondents lived outside the school campus, while 158(52.67%) lived in the school hostels. Knowledge on contraception was 87.7% among respondents with internet (91%) and media (89.3%) as the commonest sources of knowledge. Proportion of sexually active students was 10.67%, while prevalence of contraceptive utilization among sexually active students was 15.63%. About 8(25%) had their sexual debut at < 16years of age, 22(68.75%) at ages between 16-20years, and 4(12.5%) above 20years of age. All sexually active respondents practice vaginal sex. Most sexual debuts were planned (44.75 %) and with friends (86.4%), and they occurred between the ages of 16-20years age group in 70.3% of respondents. Even though knowledge on contraceptive used was high among the respondents, utilization of contraceptives among sexually active students was low, thus creating a window for possible unintended and unwanted pregnancies among these group of students.
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ISSN:	1937-8688 1937-8688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2017.26.103.11436