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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Secondary school students' knowledge, attitudes, and practice toward epilepsy in the Batibo Health District - Cameroon
Epilepsia, Volume 50, No. 5, Year 2009
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Description
Using a 12-item questionnaire, we assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) toward epilepsy and identified determinants of inappropriate attitudes toward people with epilepsy (PWE) among 910 randomly selected secondary school students in Batibo (Cameroon). Ninety-five percent of the students had heard or read about epilepsy, 73.3% knew an epileptic, and 76.4% had witnessed a seizure. Those who would offer equal employment opportunities to PWE, refuse to associate with, or refuse to marry PWE represented 58.6%, 25.4%, and 64.2%, respectively. Negative attitudes appeared to be reinforced by beliefs that epilepsy is hereditary (25.7%), contagious (49.9%), or a kind of insanity (38%). Acquaintance with PWE tended to improve the misconception that epilepsy is contagious (p < 0.001), and to reinforce the view that it is a form of insanity (p < 0.01). A successful epilepsy education program must account for local beliefs, and secondary school students may constitute a good channel for community education. © 2008 International League Against Epilepsy.
Authors & Co-Authors
Njamnshi, Alfred Kongnyu
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Cameroon, Yaounde
Central Hospital of Yaounde Fmbs
Angwafor, Samuel A.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Jallon, Pierre
Switzerland, Geneva
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Muna, Walinjom Fombad T.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01809.x
e-ISSN:
15281167
Study Locations
Cameroon