Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of People towards Onchocerciasis among Local People Living in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
The study is aimed atassessingthe knowledge, attitude and practice of peoplein Ija-Gwari and Kofa in Niger State towards onchocerciasis, structured questionnaires wereadministered to 300 respondents comprising 150 from each of the village, which is about 5% of the total population size of the two villages. The sampling technique used to administer the questionnaire was systemic sampling method. In Kofa and Ija-Gwari village, a high proportion 74 (49.3%) and 80 (53.3%) respectively thought it was both a blood and an eye infection while few of the respondents 8 (5.3%) and 2 (1.45%) respectively claimed to have no idea of river blindness. In Kofa village, out of 150 respondents, 146 (97.3%) said they accepted taking the drug and 4 (2.7%) did not accept taking the drug. In Ija-Gwari village out of 150 respondents, 144 (95.9%) said theyaccepted taking the drug and 6 (4.1%) did not accept taking the drug. In Kofa village, outof the 150 respondents, 148 (98.7%) use ivermectin as the type of treatment, while In Ija-Gwari village, out of the 150 respondents 149 (99.3%) use ivermectin as the type of treatment.Since lack of knowledge perpetuates disease, appropriate health education strategy will be necessary to improve the situation
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Year:
2019
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