University of Venda’s male students’ attitudes towards contraception and family planning

Raselekoane, Nanga Raymond; Morwe, K.G.; Tshitangano, Takalani G.

doi:10.4102/phcfm.v8i2.959

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“…A higher proportion of females were because the majority of the nurses were females (84.1%). Significantly higher knowledge of female participants in many questions as observed in this study is similar to Raselekoane NR (2016) study, who reported a non-serious approach of the male students towards contraception and family planning [37]. Gender differences should not be ignored during medical education to avoid compromise with the sexual and reproductive health rights of the clients [38].…”

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Competency assessment of the medical interns and nurses and documenting prevailing practices to provide family planning services in teaching hospitals in three states of India

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ObjectivesThe objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and skills of medical interns and nurses regarding family planning (FP) services, and document the prevailing FP practices in the teaching hospitals in India.Study designA cross-sectional study was conducted in three states (Delhi, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra) of India, among randomly selected 163 participants, including medical interns (n = 81) and in-service nurses (n = 82), during 2017. The semi-structured, pre-tested interview schedule, was used to assess the knowledge and status of training received; and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) based checklist was used to evaluate the skills.ResultsAbout 60% of the interns and 48% of the nurses knew more than five contraceptives that could be offered to the clients. About 22% (11.1% interns and 33.3% nurses) respondents believed that contraceptives should not be given to a married woman coming alone, and 31.9% (17.3% interns and 46.3% nurses) respondents reported that it was illegal to provide contraceptives to unmarried people. Nearly 43.3% interns and 69.5% nurses refused to demonstrate intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) insertion in the dummy uterus as per OSCE, and among those who did, 12.3% interns and 18.3% nurses had failed. About 63% interns and 63.4% of nurses had observed IUCD insertion, and 12.3% interns and 17.1% had performed IUCD insertion, during their training.ConclusionsKnowledge and skills of interns and nurses regarding FP services were inadequate. The medical training during graduation or internship, and during the job, was found to be inadequate to provide quality FP services as per guidelines of nursing/medical council of India and Government of India on FP.

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Competency assessment of the medical interns and nurses and documenting prevailing practices to provide family planning services in teaching hospitals in three states of India

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“…For instance, the regular usage of family planning among sexually active, single undergraduate students at a tertiary institution in Kano State, Nigeria, was low (15.63%), [23] and only 38.0% of the University of Venda's (South Africa) male students reported correctly using a method for preventing pregnancy. [25] This confirms that awareness and knowledge of contraceptive methods do not necessarily translate to the use of contraception.…”

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“…These findings of this study indicated that the knowledge and awareness of birth control of pharmacy students at LHU were lower than the rates reported in other studies in Malaysia, [14] Nigeria, [23,24] and South Africa. [25] However, increasing levels of awareness can be attributed to the increasing use of social networks/media, which was identified as one of the main sources of knowledge in this study. This finding is consistent with other studies that identified the internet and social media as the greatest sources of health-related information for undergraduate students.…”

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Aims:The main goal of this study is to define the factors that contribute to the knowledge, awareness, perceptions, and practice of birth control among pharmacy students at Lac Hong University (LHU) in Dong Nai Province. Subjects and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among pharmacy students over 4 months from September to December 2017. Results: All respondents (n = 403) had heard of birth control methods. Nearly 90% of participants indicated that the male condom can protect against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms are also the most common method of birth control. The mean knowledge and awareness scores of students were 4.52 ± 1.420 and 20.67 ± 4.06, respectively. The highest birth control knowledge score was 5.64 ± 0.996. Fifth-year students were the most knowledgeable about contraceptive use and had the highest mean knowledge score (4.82 ± 1.307). A significant association was found between marital status (P < 0.001), religion (P < 0.05), and mean knowledge of the respondents. Conclusions: Overall, the findings reflect that the majority of students at LHU had a poor understanding and awareness of contraception methods. Health education and awareness programs should be initiated for students to provide them with correct knowledge about contraception. The knowledge of these future health-care professionals will play an important role in improving public health.

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“…The university students at the institution engage in unprotected sex, putting themselves at risk of HIV infection as confirmed by different studies conducted at the university [31,32]. Also, regular student reproductive health statistics at the university suggest there is an increase of STIs(60%), HIV infections(100%), termination of pregnancies(32%) referrals(40%) and unplanned pregnancies(60%)in the last five years [33]. Furthermore, a recent study at the University of Venda suggests that male students have a negative attitude towards contraceptives, such as condoms, and they did not use them [34].…”

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Analysis of HIV/AIDS Integration into the Academic Curriculum at a Selected University in South Africa

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Background: Although there is evidence that education is a social weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS, there is also evidence that, to date, HIV/AIDS is not fully integrated into all the disciplines in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Therefore, most of the university students in South Africa are not well prepared to be HIV/AIDS-competent graduates who can live and work in a society ravaged by AIDS. Objective: This study sought to analyse the extent of HIV/AIDS integration into the curricula in various departments at a selected university in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Materials and Methods: The study used quantitative and qualitative approaches to analyse the extent of HIV/AIDS integration into the curricula. The curriculum calendars were retrieved from the university website. An audit tool guided retrieval of HIV/AIDS content and was analysed using SPSS V 25. The qualitative content analysis was used to describe the nature of HIV/AIDS content. Results: Out of eight schools, about 68 modules had HIV/AIDS content. The majority of the modules (53; 78%) were offered at the undergraduate level. Furthermore, the majority of the HIV/AIDS content (62; 91%) was integrated into undergraduate compulsory modules. Most (34; 51%) of the HIV/AIDS content were located in health sciences disciplines. HIV/AIDS content was mostly integrated into existing carrier modules. Time allocation for the teaching of HIV/AIDS was not indicated. Most of the modules did have information about teaching and assessment strategies. Conclusion: It is recommended that discipline-specific HIV/AIDS content be integrated into all disciplines.

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University of Venda’s male students’ attitudes towards contraception and family planning

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Competency assessment of the medical interns and nurses and documenting prevailing practices to provide family planning services in teaching hospitals in three states of India

Competency assessment of the medical interns and nurses and documenting prevailing practices to provide family planning services in teaching hospitals in three states of India

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