Knowledge about prevention of Hepatitis C among patients aged 18-35 years in Adjumani General Hospital, Adjumani district. A cross-sectional study.
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Knowledge, Prevention of hepatitis C, Patients aged 18-35 years, Adjumani general hospitalAbstract
Background:
The migrant population from the neighbouring and sub-Saharan African countries has inadequate knowledge about HBV and HCV to limit infection. The study aims to assess the knowledge towards the prevention of hepatitis C among patients aged 18-35 years attending Adjumani General Hospital, Adjumani district.
Methodology:
The study adapted a cross-sectional descriptive study design and targeted a population of all adult patients aged 18-35 years. Purposive sampling was done to obtain the sample. Descriptive analysis was used on the data collected. Data was collected by the use of a suitable statistical package, i.e., Microsoft Word.
Results:
More than half (52%) of the respondents were within the age bracket of 1822 years of age, whereas the minority (12%) were within the age bracket of 32-35 years of age. More than half (59%) of the respondents had ever heard about Hepatitis C. Most (42%) of the respondents knew that Hepatitis C was caused by a virus. (62%) Some of the respondents knew that Hepatitis C was transmitted through sexual intercourse. Most (35%) of the respondents knew that the Hepatitis C virus is transmitted during pregnancy and at birth.
Conclusions:The overall results on knowledge towards prevention of Hepatitis C among the respondents were generally good, having obtained it from various sources like health facilities, media like radios and newspapers, institutions, and community outreaches.
Recommendation:The Ministry of Health, Uganda, should emphasise and carry out community outreaches, health education on radio talk shows, and mass media like newspapers, etc., to create awareness and basic knowledge about the prevention of the Hepatitis C virus, since the disease has no vaccine available.
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