Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing
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Research Article

Condom-Use by Students in a Higher Educational Institution in South Eastern Nigeria

Adinma JIB^1*, Adinma ED², Eke NO³ and Umeononihu OS¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria.

²Department of Community Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Nigeria.

³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nigeria.

*Corresponding Author:

Adinma JIB
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital
Nnewi, Nigeria
Tel: +2348037080814
E-mail: brianadinma@yahoo.com

Received Date: June 14, 2016; Accepted Date: June 24, 2016; Published Date: July 01, 2016

Citation: Adinma JIB, Adinma ED, Eke NO, Umeononihu OS (2016) Condom-Use by Students in a Higher Educational Institution in South Eastern Nigeria. J Comm Pub Health Nurs 2:127. doi:10.4172/2471-9846.1000127

Copyright: © 2016 Adinma JIB, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Objective: To examines the prevalence and pattern of condom-use among Nigerian university undergraduates.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study of 276 undergraduate students from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, selected using simple random sampling method. Data analysis employed SPSS version 17.0.

Results: There were 168 (60.9%) males and 108 (39.1%) females’ respondents. Their age ranged from 16 to 35 years. Majority, 242 (87.7%) were single and most, 266 (96.4%) were Christians. Up to 266 (96.4%) and 172 (62.3%) were aware of male and female condoms respectively, while 198 (68.8%) respondents and 14 (5.1%) have ever used male and female condoms respectively. Eighty (42.1%) respondents were consistent with condom-use, while 150 (54.3%) and 78 (28.3%) of the respondents respectively, knew condoms could help prevent STIs, and pregnancy. Religion-belief 26 (33.3%) constituted the commonest inhibitor to condom-use. The most commonly known pitfall on condom-use by the respondents is ‘’condom-burst’’ 102 (37.0%). The most common source of information on condom-use by the respondents is media 88(31.9%).

Conclusion: Awareness of condom among the respondents was high, but usage was low. Religion constitute a major inhibitor to condom-use. Re-invigorating sexual and reproductive health enlightenment including condom-use, employing various media platforms is recommended.

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