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Reproductive health knowledge among college students in Kenya

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, July 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Reproductive health knowledge among college students in Kenya
Published in
BMC Public Health, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5760-7
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Authors

Samuel Mungai Mbugua, Jane Muthoni Karonjo

Abstract

Reproductive health knowledge is vital in the growth and development of young people and this impact greatly on their educational and personal outcome as they proceed to adulthood. There has been an increasing occurrence of sexually transmitted infections in institutions of higher learning. The study sought out the strategies used by university students to prevent unplanned pregnancy and determined their knowledge of contraception methods and sexually transmitted infections in Mount Kenya University, main campus. Stratified sampling was employed. After a signed consent was obtained, a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were explored, analyzed and percentages used to quantify the level of knowledge. Pearson's chi-square was used to measure associations between categorical variables and independent t-test used to measure the means and relationships of continuous variables. Condom use was established as the most prevalent strategy in prevention of unplanned pregnancy at 48.5 and 46.4% in prevention of STI and HIV/AIDS. Almost two thirds (58%) of respondents reported that they were conversant with only one method of contraception, 60% had knowledge of more than two types of STIs, and 62.4% indicated that they were conversant with only hospitals as facilities providing reproductive health services. Young people in college require educational initiatives to sensitize them on STI, methods of contraception and positive social behaviors. There is need to improve the accessibility of reproductive health services through strengthening of services provided at campus health clinics.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 185 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 12%
Student > Bachelor 20 11%
Researcher 13 7%
Lecturer 12 6%
Other 8 4%
Other 26 14%
Unknown 83 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 30 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 24 13%
Social Sciences 14 8%
Psychology 6 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 2%
Other 19 10%
Unknown 88 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 May 2021.
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#957,388
of 23,096,849 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,018
of 15,063 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,518
of 329,806 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#26
of 318 outputs
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