Research Article
Assessment of the Reproductive Health Status of Adult Prison Inmates in Osun State, Nigeria
Table 4
Knowledge of respondents about contraception and Ante-natal care.
| Variable | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Contraception | | | Awareness () | | | Yes | 170 | 81.3 | No | 39 | 18.7 | Information sources () | | | School | 20 | 11.8 | Television | 43 | 25.3 | Radio | 55 | 32.4 | Newspaper | 1 | 0.6 | Friends/family | 46 | 27.1 | Churches/mosques | 1 | 0.6 | Hospital | 4 | 2.4 | Perception (; multiple respondents) | | | Encourages promiscuity | 28 | 16.5 | Prevents STIs/HIV | 136 | 80.0 | Helps in reducing number of children | 122 | 71.8 | Helps in child spacing | 106 | 62.4 | Decreases sexual pleasure | 28 | 16.5 | Contraception types known (; multiple respondents) | | | Male condom | 170 | 100 | Female condom | 75 | 44.1 | Diaphragm | 22 | 12.9 | Injectables | 65 | 38.2 | OCP | 85 | 50 | IUCD | 65 | 38.2 | Implants | 9 | 5.3 |
| Antenatal care | | | Awareness () | | | Yes | 138 | 66.0 | No | 71 | 34.0 | Information sources () | | | School | 17 | 12.3 | Television | 26 | 18.8 | Radio | 43 | 31.2 | Friends/family | 36 | 26.1 | Churches/mosques | 2 | 1.5 | Hospital | 14 | 10.1 | Services offered in ANC (; multiple respondents) | | | Health education | 90 | 65.2 | PCV | 93 | 67.4 | Urinalysis | 80 | 58.0 | Blood pressure monitoring | 79 | 57.3 | HCT | 34 | 24.6 | Fundal height monitoring | 33 | 23.9 | Immunization | 74 | 53.6 | Family planning education | 19 | 13.8 |
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