Impact of Health Literacy on Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitude and Use among the Nigerian Adult Population
Publish place: Journal of Health Literacy، Vol: 8، Issue: 2
Publish Year: 1402
Type: Journal paper
Language: English
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Index date: 31 May 2023
Impact of Health Literacy on Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitude and Use among the Nigerian Adult Population abstract
Background and Objectives: Many studies have explored associated and determining factors regarding contraceptive prevalence and use as well as the disparities in contraceptive use based on different regions in Nigeria but none has made effort to establish the influence of health literacy on contraceptive knowledge, attitude and use. This study, therefore, attempted to examine the impact of health literacy on Nigerian adults’ contraceptive knowledge, attitude and use. Material and Methods: The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design and the population of the study consisted of Nigerians who are 18 years and above and reside in any part of the country. A non-probability sampling technique was adopted and a questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection for this study. A total of 426 participants participated in the study. Frequency count, simple percentages, mean, standard deviation, T-test, one-way ANOVA, regression and correlational analysis were used to analyse the data generated from the study.Results: The study indicated that 90.6% of the Nigerian adult population has adequate health literacy, and 53.8% of them have poor contraceptive knowledge. Similarly, 65.7% of the participants have positive attitudes towards contraception while 58.2% of the participants’ contraceptive use is high. Further, health literacy was shown to have a significant but weak positive impact on contraceptive knowledge (r = 0.345, p<0.001), attitudes toward contraception (r = 0.362, p<0.001), and contraceptive use (r = 0.218, p<0.001).Conclusion: The study’s results imply that many other factors aside from health literacy affect people’s contraceptive knowledge, attitude and use. Hence, addressing the health literacy of adult Nigerians is only one aspect of improving contraceptive knowledge, attitude and use.
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Impact of Health Literacy on Contraceptive Knowledge, Attitude and Use among the Nigerian Adult Population authors
Sunday Itasanmi
Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan.
Helen Andong
Department of Continuing Education and Developmental Studies
Omobola Adelore
Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan
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