Awareness and Self-Care Practices Regarding Vaginal Candidiasis among Female Students at Bwiru Girls’ and Mwanza Secondary School, Mwanza, Tanzania (Record no. 22202)
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| fixed length control field | 02698nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | CUHAS/BP/ 3000477/T/17 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | Undergraduate Ethical Clearance Certificate No. 1841/2021 |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vestina Paul Leon |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/BP/ 3000477/T/17 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26703 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Awareness and Self-Care Practices Regarding Vaginal Candidiasis among Female Students at Bwiru Girls’ and Mwanza Secondary School, Mwanza, Tanzania |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando] : |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©30th September 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii; 43 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Background: Vaginal candidiasis is a fungal infection of the female lower genital tract, the vagina and the vulva predominantly caused by Candida albicans. About 75% of women experience at least one episode of vaginal candidiasis during their lifetime and among these 15% will suffer from a recurrence. Symptoms include whitish-grey vaginal discharge, vaginal pruritus and soreness. Prolonged use of antibiotics, immunosuppression and diabetes mellitus are some predisposing factors to VVC. <br/><br/>Objectives: The study was done to determine the awareness, knowledge and self-care practices assumed by female students at Bwiru Girls’ and Mwanza Secondary School in Mwanza, Tanzania. <br/><br/>Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study that used convenience sampling in selecting participants. A pretested structured questionnaire was an information collecting tool with questions on awareness, knowledge and self-care practices against VVC.<br/><br/>Results: A total of 300 female students with median age of 18[17-19] years were recruited with ranges from 15 to 21 years. From five students 201(67%) were the majority while the form four were 99(37%). Overall score for awareness, knowledge and self-care practices assumed by female students was poor 122(40.7%), 207(69%) and 144(48%) respectively. About 167(55.7%) had malpractices on genital cleaning, 153(51%) had unhygienic menstrual practices and 172(57.3%) disagreed wearing poorly dried underwear is a risk factors to VVC.<br/><br/>Conclusion: Low levels of awareness, knowledge and poor self-care practices assumed by the female students regarding VVC indicated that they were liable to both VVC and RVVC unless endowed with genuine and convenient information regarding the prevention of VVC. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Pharmacy |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26693 |
| 610 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| General subdivision | Microbiology and Immunology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26696 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 19642 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 12/10/2021 | UD2415 | 12/10/2021 | 12/10/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |