Articles · Vol. 19 No. 2 (1994): Africa Development

Women's Attitude Towards Sexually Transmitted Disease in Nigeria: A Case Study in Ilesa in Osun State*

by Felicia Durojaiye Oyekanmi

  • Felicia Durojaiye Oyekanmi
    Felicia Durojaiye Oyekanmi Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.
    She was born in Nigeria and schooled in Nigeria and the USA. Her professional experience has spaned a period of 40 years, since 1974, working in the academia in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, USA and Ghana. She also worked as a Senior Programme Officer and Head of...
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Abstract

Des recherches récentes sur le terrain semblent indiquer qu'à Ilesa les femmes n'ont pas peur des maladies sexuellement transmissibles (MST). Pour celles qui ont pris part aux enquêtes , les MST ne concernent en général que les femmes qui sont sexuellement légères mais que les aventures extra-conjugales de leurs époux ne peuvent pas leur apporter les MST. La plupart des enquêtes ont entendu parler des MST mais aucune des femmes et seuls 5% des hommes ont connu des personnes qui avaient cette maladie. En tout état de cause, des efforts devraient être faits pour encourager les hommes à utiliser les condoms et pour mettre en place un programme de sensibilisation sur la santé dans la société afin que les hommes et les femmes puissent identifier le symptômes suffisamment tôt et se traiter.

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Author Biography

  • Felicia Durojaiye Oyekanmi, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.

    She was born in Nigeria and schooled in Nigeria and the USA. Her professional experience has spaned a period of 40 years, since 1974, working in the academia in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, USA and Ghana. She also worked as a Senior Programme Officer and Head of Pulications  and Communications at the Coincil for the Development of Social and Economic Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal from November 2000 to March 2003. Currently she's working as a Professor of Demography in the Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria 

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