Cultural Sensitivity in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Preventive Campaign in Nigeria

Kadiri, Kehinde Kadijat; Ahmad, Mohd Khairie; Mustaffa, Che Su

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.301

“…A Nigerian study conducted by Kadiri, Ahmada and Mustaffaa (2014) concerning cultural sensitivity in STIs among the youth revealed that factors such as cultural practices, norms and taboos, language, religious values and beliefs affected the sexual behaviour of the youth. Cultural practices may either be negative or positive.…”

Section: Preventive and Promotive Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants in the same study also protested that society accepted and allowed males to have concubines outside their marriage. Clearly, this suggested that discriminatory standards were applied to elevate males to some status of superiority and moral entitlement to behave as wantonly as they pleased (Kadiri et al 2014). The practice of polygamy was cited as a relatively defensible example to prevent STIs as the males would be confined to their formal married wives only, which is tenable in tracing contact in cases.…”

Section: Preventive and Promotive Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Provision of neonatal care: An African indigenous perspective

Simane-Netshisaulu¹,

Lebese²,

Tulelo³

2022

Working With Indigenous Knowledge: Strategies for Health Professionals

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“…A Nigerian study conducted by Kadiri, Ahmada and Mustaffaa (2014) concerning cultural sensitivity in STIs among the youth revealed that factors such as cultural practices, norms and taboos, language, religious values and beliefs affected the sexual behaviour of the youth. Cultural practices may either be negative or positive.…”

Section: Preventive and Promotive Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participants in the same study also protested that society accepted and allowed males to have concubines outside their marriage. Clearly, this suggested that discriminatory standards were applied to elevate males to some status of superiority and moral entitlement to behave as wantonly as they pleased (Kadiri et al 2014). The practice of polygamy was cited as a relatively defensible example to prevent STIs as the males would be confined to their formal married wives only, which is tenable in tracing contact in cases.…”

Section: Preventive and Promotive Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Child spacing and prevention of pregnancy among African indigenous people

Lebese¹,

Mothiba²,

Mulaudzi³

et al. 2022

Working With Indigenous Knowledge: Strategies for Health Professionals

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Peer review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer Review of Scholarly Books'. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer review before publication, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published.

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