Prevention

This study investigated the level of awareness and prevention practices regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among female undergraduates in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin. A descriptive survey design was employed, utilizing a structured questionnaire administered to measure awareness levels, knowledge of specific infections, and the uptake of preventive behaviors. The findings revealed that the overall STI awareness was moderate, with 45% of students demonstrating good awareness, 35% fair awareness, and 20% poor awareness. While knowledge of prominent infections like HIV/AIDS and gonorrhea was high, significant gaps existed concerning chlamydia, syphilis, and the nature of asymptomatic infection. Furthermore, the translation of awareness into consistent preventive practice was suboptimal: only 30% of sexually active respondents reported consistent condom use, and a mere 30% of all respondents had ever undergone STI testing. Inferential analysis confirmed that awareness significantly predicts preventive practices, indicating that students with higher awareness are more likely to engage in protective behaviors. Barriers such as stigma, limited access to youth-friendly health services, and reliance on unreliable information sources (peers and social media) were identified as major factors inhibiting the consistent
application of safe practices. The study concludes that although awareness exists, it is insufficient to guarantee optimal prevention. It is recommended that the university health services strengthen targeted campaigns to cover lesser-known STIs, integrate reproductive health education into the curriculum, and establish confidential, youth-friendly health services to improve testing and vaccination uptake.

This study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and perception of quantity survey students of university of Benin towards the transmission and prevention of Corona virus. This study was guided by the following aims; to determine the level of knowledge of quantity surveyor students of University of Benin towards the prevention of Corona virus, to assess the attitude of quantity survey students of University of Benin on prevention of Corona virus and to determine the perception of quantity survey students of University of Benin on the transmission of Corona virus. The study employed a cross-sectional design that also involved a convenience sampling technique, and questionnaires were made in Google form, which was used in collecting data. The study findings revealed that 56.4% of the respondents had a fair level of knowledge, all respondents (100%) have heard of covid-19. The mean knowledge score is 63.57±13.42, which suggest a fair level of knowledge. The attitude level of the respondents shows that 47(41.4%) have negative attitude towards Corona virus, while 71(58.6%) have positive attitude towards it. This suggests that the respondents have positive attitude towards the prevention of Corona virus. The study also revealed that 61(51.4%) have negative perception towards Corona virus transmission, while 57(48.6%) have positive perception towards it. This suggests that the respondent have a negative perception on the transmission of Corona virus. Result shows that the level of knowledge is fair, with positive attitude and negative perception to the transmission and prevention of Corona virus. In conclusion, Knowledge did not show significant association with perception and also there was no significant difference in perception based on gender of the students. A recommendation of need for the university community to continuously provide accurate and timely information to their students was made