Title: Knowledge and willingness of nurses in the public primary health care setting of
sub-district âFâ in the Johannesburg metro district to promote the use of the female
condom.
Methods: A quantitative cross sectional descriptive survey was conducted in the
public primary health care setting of sub-district âFâ in the Johannesburg metro
district, which included 16 primary health care clinics. Three hundred and ninety eight
nurses participated in the study. Association between knowledge and willingness to
promote use of female condom was investigated using Chi-Square test.
Result: Seventy nine per cent of the participants had more knowledge on female
condom use than the rest of the nurses. Fifty nine per cent of the participants were
more willing to promote the use of the female condom.
There was no statistically significant relationship between willingness to promote the
use of female condom and knowledge on female condom use. (Chi-square with one
degree of freedom =2.7243, p =0.099).
However, those nurses who are more knowledgeable on the use of female condom
are noted to be more willing to promote female condom use (though this may not
have been statistically significant.
Conclusion: The more knowledgeable group of participants in this study was
determined to be high (80%). Fifty nine per cent of the participants were more willing
to promote female condom use than the others. Being more knowledgable in the use
of female condom did not positively predict willingness to promote female condom
use.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/12478 |
| Date | 04 March 2013 |
| Creators | Petkova, Magdelena Stoyanova |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis (M.Med.(Family Medicine)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2012 |
| Format | application/pdf |
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