Conference abstract
Awareness, beliefs on risk factors/aetiologies, and attitudes of students of primary health care-related diploma programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards babies with cleft lip
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:13(4).31
Jan 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.13.4.864
Archived on: 31 Jan 2022
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Keywords: Awareness, beliefs, cleft lip, primary health care, students
Oral presentation
Awareness, beliefs on risk factors/aetiologies, and attitudes of students of primary health care-related diploma programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards babies with cleft lip
Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi1,&, Abimbola Gloria Akinloye2, Oluwatobi Emmanuel Olukoya3, Amidu Omotayo Sulaiman1,4
1Cephas Health Research Initiative, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Nigeria, 3Department of Community Medicine, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria, 4Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Introduction: the aim of this study was to explore the level of awareness, the beliefs of risk factors, and attitudes of students in primary health care-related diploma programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards babies born with cleft lip.
Methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among students studying primary health care-related diploma programmes in three conveniently selected schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. Study tool used was an anonymous structured self-administered questionnaire. Data of 83 respondents were used in this study. Data analysis was done using the SPSS version 16 Software.
Results: the mean age was 35.32 (±10.22) years; 72.3% were females; 69.9% were Yorubas; and 60.2% were married. Forty-six respondents (55.4%) had not seen a baby with cleft lip before. The majority (≥61.5%) of respondents did not believe that cleft lip could be caused by witchcraft, curses, will of God, evil spirits, and bad luck. Less than 60% of them believed that excessive alcohol consumption, viral infection, genetic factors, cigarette smoking, irradiation, and drugs are potential risk factors for cleft lip formation. The majority (≥ 78.3%) showed positive attitude towards delivering health care services to cleft lip babies.
Conclusion: the majority of the students of primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, do not have superstitious beliefs on the causes of cleft lip; however, their knowledge on its medical risk factors is inadequate. There exists the need to educate them on the risk factors/aetiologies of cleft lip.
Awareness, beliefs on risk factors/aetiologies, and attitudes of students of primary health care-related diploma programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards babies with cleft lip
Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi1,&, Abimbola Gloria Akinloye2, Oluwatobi Emmanuel Olukoya3, Amidu Omotayo Sulaiman1,4
1Cephas Health Research Initiative, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Nigeria, 3Department of Community Medicine, Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria, 4Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: the aim of this study was to explore the level of awareness, the beliefs of risk factors, and attitudes of students in primary health care-related diploma programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards babies born with cleft lip.
Methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among students studying primary health care-related diploma programmes in three conveniently selected schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. Study tool used was an anonymous structured self-administered questionnaire. Data of 83 respondents were used in this study. Data analysis was done using the SPSS version 16 Software.
Results: the mean age was 35.32 (±10.22) years; 72.3% were females; 69.9% were Yorubas; and 60.2% were married. Forty-six respondents (55.4%) had not seen a baby with cleft lip before. The majority (≥61.5%) of respondents did not believe that cleft lip could be caused by witchcraft, curses, will of God, evil spirits, and bad luck. Less than 60% of them believed that excessive alcohol consumption, viral infection, genetic factors, cigarette smoking, irradiation, and drugs are potential risk factors for cleft lip formation. The majority (≥ 78.3%) showed positive attitude towards delivering health care services to cleft lip babies.
Conclusion: the majority of the students of primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, do not have superstitious beliefs on the causes of cleft lip; however, their knowledge on its medical risk factors is inadequate. There exists the need to educate them on the risk factors/aetiologies of cleft lip.
