ArticleAfrican health sciences2019
Assessment of community knowledge, attitude, and stigma of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria.
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- Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A step towards controlling Buruli ulcer.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Review
- Infections: HIV and related-diseases, anti-microbial resistance and neglected tropical diseases.African health sciences · 2019Article
- Perspectives of buruli ulcer patients toward informed consent - An insight from Nigeria.Annals of African medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPoor knowledge can influence timely care-seeking among persons with Buruli ulcer disease (BUD).
objectivesTo assess community knowledge, attitude and stigma towards persons with BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional survey conducted among adult community members in four States of Southern Nigeria. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to all participants.
resultsOf 491 adults who completed the survey, 315 (64.2%) belonged to the ≤40 years age group, 257 (52.3%) were males and 415 (84.5%) had some formal education. The overall mean (SD) knowledge score was 5.5±2.3 (maximum 10). Only 172 (35.0%) of the participants had a good knowledge of BUD. A total of 327 (66.6%) considered BUD as a very serious illness. Also, there was a high-level of stigma against BUD patients; 372 (75.8%) of the participants felt compassion for and desire to help them, 77 (15.7%) felt compassion but tended to stay away from them, and 53 (10.8%) feared them because they may infect them with the disease. Having a formal education and ethnicity were independent predictors of good knowledge of BUD.
conclusionThere is poor community knowledge of BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria which influenced the attitude and perceptions of community members towards persons with BUD.
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