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dc.contributor.authorAYORINDE, Iyetade Oluwafunmilayo-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T22:11:22Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-14T22:11:22Z-
dc.date.issued2021-01-
dc.identifier.urihttp://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/1549-
dc.descriptionA project report in the Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION) of the UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, Ibadan, Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.abstractHepatitis B is the world’s most common liver infection, which is caused by a DNA-virus, the hepatitis B virus (HBV). There are more than 2 billion people World-wide, having evidence of recent or past HBV infection and 350 million are chronic carriers including Nigeria. Despite the prevalence of hepatitis B in Nigeria, little has been done to investigate the knowledge, perception and practices towards hepatitis B virus infection among in-school adolescents. This study was designed to assess knowledge, perception and practices towards hepatitis B virus infection among in-school adolescents in Ibadan Northwest Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey using a-5 stage method to select twelve schools (12) which comprises 480 respondents. A semi-structured self-administered questionnaire comprising of socio-demographic characteristics, 20-point knowledge, 8-point perception and 17-point practice scale was used to elicit information related to respondents on HBV infection. Knowledge scores of 0-6, 7-13 and 14-20 were rated poor, fair and good knowledge respectively. Perception scores of 0-4 and >4 were rated negative and positive perception respectively. Practice scores of 0-8 and >8 were rated poor and good practice respectively. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test/Fisher-exact with a level of significance set at P<0.05. Mean age was 13.8±2.0 years, 39.8% were within 15-19years, 56.3% of respondents were female, most (62.7%) of the respondents class were in Senior Secondary School. Majority (72.5%) were of Yoruba ethnic group while majority (66.3%), were Christians, 69.8% and 66.5% of the father and mother’s respondents had tertiary education respectively while few (29.2%) of the father’s occupation were civil servant and a bit more than half (51.3%) of the mother’s occupations were traders. Few (25.4%) ever heard of HBV infection through various channels in which school was their major (37.7%) source of information. Out of those that have heard of HBV, the majority of the respondents correctly responded to many of the knowledge questions, 65.6%, 31.1% and 3.3% had good, fair and poor knowledge respectively with the mean knowledge score of 12.7±2.8. Also, the majority (62.3%) of the respondents had good perception and 37.7% had poor perception but 10.7% agreed that HBV is the reward of sin and 44.3% agreed that they are not at risk of getting HBV infection. Almost all (94.4%) of the respondents had poor practices and only a few (5.6%) had good practices. Age, class, religion and father’s occupation were statistically significant with the respondents’ knowledge. The mother’s occupations were statistically significant with the respondents' perception. Association between socio-demographic characteristics and practice was not statistically significant and the association between knowledge and practice was not statistically significant. Practices towards Hepatitis B virus prevention were poor among in-school adolescents in Ibadan Northwest Local Government Area of Oyo State. Public enlightenment, awareness, sensitization, training and advocacy need to be intensifieden_US
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dc.subjectHepatitis B Virus Infectionen_US
dc.subjectLiver infectionen_US
dc.subjectIn-school adolescentsen_US
dc.subjectDNA-virusen_US
dc.subjectIbadan Northwest Local Government Areaen_US
dc.titleKNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND PRACTICES TOWARDS HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN IBADAN NORTHWEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN, OYO STATEen_US
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