ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF CHOLERA PREVENTION STRATEGIES AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF CHOLERA PREVENTION STRATEGIES AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-03
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JACOB, Hope
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Abstract
This study assessedknowledge and practice of cholera prevention strategies among
junior secondary school students in Katsina State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research
design was used. The respondents used for the purpose of data collection were four
hundred (400) sampled from a population of 271,690 junior secondary school students
inKatsina State Nigeria. The respondents were drawn through multistage sampling
technique, which consisted of stratified, simple random sampling andproportionate
sampling techniques. A close ended questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the
participants. Three hundred and ninety-eight (398; 99.5%) questionnaires were returned.
Descriptive statistics of frequency, percentages, means and standard deviations were
used to describe the demographic characteristics of the respondents.The hypotheses
were tested at 0.05 level of significance using one sample t-test, independent sample ttest
and analysis of variance. The findings of the study revealed that knowledge of
cholera prevention strategies among junior secondary school students in Katsina State
of Nigeria was significantly adequate (t = 3.070; p= 0.001), practice of cholera
prevention strategies among junior secondary school students in Katsina state of Nigeria
was not significant (t=1.291; p= 0.110), junior secondary school students in Katsina
State of Nigeria do not significantly differ in their knowledge of cholera prevention
strategies based on demographic characteristics(p = 0.17, 0.21, 0.10)and junior
secondary school students in Katsina State, Nigeria do not significantly differ in their
practices of cholera prevention strategies based on demographic characteristics (0.7,
0.5, 0.1). On the basis of the findings of the study, it was concluded that Junior
secondary school students in Katsina State of Nigeria have knowledge of cholera
prevention strategies, but they do not practicecholera prevention strategies,and they do
notdiffer in their knowledge and practice of cholera prevention strategies based on
demographic characteristics. However, It was,recommended that: school managements
should put in place adequate measures within the school environment to checkmate and
control the healthy practices of student this include provision of hand washing sink,
provision of safe drinking water, supervising the canting, provision of charts and notice
board within the school environment and adequate use of latrine by students.
Description
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN HEALTH EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, KNOWLEDGE,, PRACTICE,, CHOLERA PREVENTION STRATEGIES,, JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, KATSINA STATE,, NIGERIA