TY - JOUR
KW - Etnicity
KW - Knowledge
KW - Mycobacterium ulcerans disease
KW - Perceptions
KW - Practices
KW - Stigma
AU - Nwafor CC
AU - Meka A
AU - Chukwu JN
AU - Ekeke N
AU - Alphonsus C
AU - Mbah O
AU - Madichie NO
AU - Aduh U
AU - Ogbeifo M
AU - IseOluwa-Adelokiki BO
AU - Edochie JE
AU - Ushaka J
AU - Ukwaja K
AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Poor knowledge can influence timely care-seeking among persons with Buruli ulcer disease (BUD).</p>

<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess community knowledge, attitude and stigma towards persons with BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>This 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.</p>

<p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 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.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There 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.</p>

BT - African health sciences
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656494?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.34
IS - 2
J2 - Afr Health Sci
LA - eng
N2 - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Poor knowledge can influence timely care-seeking among persons with Buruli ulcer disease (BUD).</p>

<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess community knowledge, attitude and stigma towards persons with BUD in endemic settings of Southern Nigeria.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>This 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.</p>

<p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 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.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There 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.</p>

PY - 2019
SP - 2100
EP - 2111
T2 - African health sciences
TI - Assessment of community knowledge, attitude, and stigma of Buruli ulcer disease in Southern Nigeria.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794545/pdf/AFHS1902-2100.pdf
VL - 19
SN - 1729-0503
ER -